Tool Interoperability - Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI)

• Provide a generalized capability to support interoperability of tools with different computation paradigms

BENEFITS

• Ptolemy kernel extended to support commercial tool integrations
• Facilitates integration and synchronization of disparate tools and testbeds
• Supports hierarchical simulation and verification

• Heterogeneous Simulation Interoperability Mechanism (HSIM) ver 1.0 complete - 4Q96
• Interoperability of SPW, BONeS, and Quick VHDL demonstrated
• Source code available through Lockheed Martin ATL

• Alta Group of Cadence developed own SPW/BONeS integration after HSIM
• Performed proof of concept