About 15 years ago, the assumption in the EDA industry was that system design would be inevitable. The transition from gate-level design to a new entry point at the register transfer level (RTL) ...

Fundamental concepts in the design of computer programs, emphasizing the crucial role of abstraction. The goal of the course is to give students insight into the difference between programming and ...

Recently there have been a lot of discussions again about the next level of design abstraction for chip design. Are we there yet? Will we ever get there? Is it SystemC? UML/SysML perhaps? I am taking ...

Model abstraction for finite state automata is helpful for decreasing computational complexity and improving comprehensibility for the verification and control synthesis of discrete-event systems (DES ...

Canadian design and manufacturing company Bocci has unveiled its new identity by Studio Frith, portraying “the allure of abstraction” integral to its lighting designs through a new logo. Studio Frith ...