In the latest years, the usage of UML to describe complete systems, including SoCs [1], has been increased. In trend with this line, this work proposes a methodology, based on UML, for SoCs designing ...

This column shows how to develop a fully refined use-case model. I hope some of the ideas about traceability and packaging are picked up by tool vendors (e.g., Rational, CA). The main concepts of this ...

Soon you’ll be able to take advantage of elaborated interfaces and ports, interaction fragments and operators, plus better modeling of behavior over time. DESIGN VIEW is the summary of the complete ...

I'm looking around for a good uml program that is actually quick (or even quicker) than drawing it out by hand and isn't a user design travesty like most of them are. So far the better one I have run ...

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has already received considerable acceptance in the domain of telecommunication and automotive systems, and now we see emerging activities in the field of SoC ...

In our third installment on UML we'll show you how to use sequence diagrams as a tool in your application development and an understanding of object interaction. The purpose of a class diagram is to ...