Reuse in Electronic Design

Reuse of existing IC intellectual property blocks is currently the hot topic in electronic design automation. By cutting development time and improving designer productivity, reuse offers a faster time to market and consequently increased profitability. Conradi encompasses the fundamentals of physical system modelling, design methodologies and basic design architectures plus reuse strategies and tasks. Features include:*Graph-oriented visualisations enabling the reader to understand the requirements of future interdisciplinary design tools*Guidance on information modelling languages, system classification and decomposition of systems under development*Section on reuse strategies and tasks examining the practical aspects of the technique for both analogue and digital design*Data management and retrieval methods including the algebra of the selection process*Comprehensive appendices covering fine-grained design representations, VLSI design standards and data model extraction of a VHDL multiplier designThis timely exposition of design capture and manipulation techniques will be a boon for postgraduate electronics students and researchers. CAD engineers and electronic designers will profit from the industry examples and the practical applications of the reuse cycle.