Improvements to ADEPT-a VHDL based integrated design environment for performance and dependability analysis

This paper presents improvements to the Advanced Design Environment Prototype Tool (ADEPT) that have been developed under the RASSP (Rapid Prototyping of Application Specific Signal Processors) program. ADEPT is an integrated design environment based on IEEE 1076 VHDL that supports the design and analysis of digital systems from initial concept to the final implementation. Improvements that have been made to ADEPT in the areas of mixed-level modeling-the cosimulation of performance and behavioral models, dependability modeling and analysis, modeling libraries, and post simulation data visualization tools, are presented.