An integrated design environment for performance and dependability analysis

This paper presents an integrated design environment that supports the design and analysis of digital systems from initial concept to the final implementation. The environment supports both system level performance and defendability analysis from a common modeling representation. A tool called ADEPT (Advanced Design Environment Prototype Tool) has been developed to implement the environment. ADEPT is based on IEEE 1076 VHDL and uses commercial schematic capture systems as a front end via an EDIF interface. Several examples are presented which demonstrate various aspects of the environment.