In Electronic System design, modeling abstraction is a powerful technique that involves creating simplified representations of complex electronic systems. VisualSim Architect allows designers to create more manageable, modular, scalable, and robust electronic systems that meet the requirements of real-world applications. By leveraging abstraction, designers can focus on the critical aspects of a system's functionality, behavior, and interface, and effectively communicate design concepts and make informed decisions.

1. WEBINAR: MODELING ABSTRACTION
Presenter:
Akash
Research and Development Engineer
Mirabilis Design Inc.
Email: akashk@mirabilisdesign.com
Organizer:
Deepak Shankar
Founder
Mirabilis Design Inc.
Email: dshankar@mirabilisdesign.com

2. Agenda
 Example of system abstraction
 Impacts of design and analysis
 VisualSim and its libraries
 Abstract design modeling methodology
 About Mirabilis Design

3. Stochastic Design
EARLY DESIGN VALIDATION / SPECIFIC SUBSYSTEM VALIDATION

4. Stochastic Design
 System Resource Modeling
 Custom Traffic generation
 Less Complexity

5. Stochastic Design
 Key Statistics (CPI, MIPS,
Stall cycles, etc.)
 Utilization of each device
 Power consumption
 End to End Latency
 Buffer Overflow

6. Impacts of stochastic modeling
 Faster Simulation
 Easy implementation
 Stabilize the system
 Flow control validation
 Improve performance
 Optimal Configuration
 Scheduling algorithm
 Resource Sizing
 Identifies Bottleneck
 Stress testing

7. Hybrid Design
SPECIFIC OR SET OF SUBSYSTEM ANALYSIS

8. Hybrid Design

9. Hybrid Design
 Application Response Time
 Detailed statistics of
external components
 Latency of each task
 Power Analysis

10. Impacts of Hybrid modeling
 Performance analysis of specific devices
 Optimize resources and their usage
 Optimal configuration for specific devices
 Correctness and stability of certain devices
 Identify devices that cause performance degradation

11. Cycle Accurate Design
BEHAVIOR AND CORRECTNESS OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM

12. Cycle Accurate Design
 Detailed implementation
 Software emulation
 Better Debugging
 Functional Validation

13. Cycle Accurate Design
 Detailed Statistics
 Observe internal functions
and registers
 Accurate Power analysis
 Performance analysis
throughout the execution.

14. Impacts of cycle accurate modeling
 Timing Analysis
 Behavior validation
 Functional verification
 Accurate power modeling and analysis
 Data handling

15. VisualSim Architect
GUI BASED, CODE FREE MODELLING AND SIMULATION PLATFORM

16. End-to-end System Modeling Solution
Planning
Corporate
Think Tank
Software
Protocols
Missions
FPGA/
ASIC
Network of
Systems
Systems
Engineer
Performance
Engineers
Internal Users
To Implementation
(Schematics, HDL, Embedded C/C++/Java
Emulators, test equipment, FPGA Boards)
RF/Analog/
DSP/Imaging
External Users
Agency
Systems
Integrator
Sub-System
Architect
3rd Party
Provided
Executable
Specification
System
Validation
Performance &
Architecture
Algorithm
Validation
Feasibility &
Risk Reduction

17. VisualSim Design Flow and Integration
Systems, Semiconductor, Networking and Software

18. Largest System Level IP
Custom Creator
Support
Power
Listeners, Debuggers,
Tracers, Assertions
Table, Energy harvesters,
Battery
Distribution, Sequence,
Trace file, Instruction
profile
Traffic
Reports
Latency, Throughput,
Utilization, Ave/peak
power, Statistics
RTL-Like
RTOS
Clock, Wire-Delay,
Registers, Latches and
Flip-flop, ALU and FSM,
Mux, DeMux, Lookup
table
Generic RTOS, ARINC
653, AUTOSAR
AMBA (AHB/ APB/ AXI), Corelink,
CoreConnect, Network-on-Chip,
Virtual Channel, DMA, Crossbar,
Serial Switch, Bridge
SOC
Board-
Level
VME, PCI/PCI-X/PCIe, SPI 3.0,
Rapid IO, 1553B, FlexRay, CAN-
FD, AFDX, TTEthernet, OpenVPX
Processors ARM (M-Series), ARM (A8, A72, A53,
A76), RISC-V, Nvidia- Drive-PX,
Configurable GPU, DSP, mP and mC,
PowerPC, X86- Intel and AMD, DSP- TI
and ADI, Others: MIPS, Tensilica,
Renesas SH, Marvel
Stochastic
Queue ,Time
Queue, Quantity
Queue, System
Resources,
Scheduling
algorithms
Script language,
600 RegEx, Task
graph, Use cases,
Programming
languages
Storage Flash, NVMe, Disk
Memory Controller, MPMC,
Fibre Channel, Fire Wire
Switched Ethernet, Resilient Packet Ring,
RP3, Wireless LAN 802.11, Bluetooth and
PAN, Spacewire, Audio-Video Bridging,
IEEE802.1Q
Networking
Memory
• Memory Controller, SDR, DDR
DRAM 2,3,4, LPDDR 2, 3, 4,
HBM, HMC, QDR, RDRAM
FPGA Xilinx- Zynq, Virtex, Kintex,
Intel-Stratix, Arria,
Microsemi- Smartfusion,
Programmable logic
generator, External links to
I/O, Network and Memory

19. VisualSim Methodology
SELECTING PROPER MODELING ABSTRACTION FOR A SPECIFIC GOAL

20. Modeling Abstraction
 High-level to low-level design
 Parallel Design
 Specific Design of interest

21. High-level to Low-level Design
Design Flow of a system
Specification
Stochastic model
Analyze base configuration
with traffic profiles
Add complexity
to the model
Analyze the impact
of each device
Detailed implementation at
cycle level or data level logic
Validate the behavior and
optimize the system

22. Benefits of High level to Low level design
 Advantages
 Early system analysis
 A better understanding of the design and bottlenecks
 Faster design iteration
 Beneficial for:
 Complex functionality design
 High-performance requirement
 Power constraint design

23. Initial
Specification Product Management
Team
Verification Team
Hardware Design Team
Software design Team
Parallel Design
Update and Validate Design Spec
Verify specific
logic or a
subsystem
Hardware Design
and Analysis
Software
modeling based
on initial Spec
Generate Traffic
profiles for
stress testing
Collaborate
and update
the design
Collaborate
and update
the design
Analyze the system
for performance
improvement
Stress test the
model for optimal
setting
Integrate the
software and
hardware

24. Benefits of Parallel design
 Advantages
 Faster Time-to-market
 Efficient use of resources and development cost
 Collaborate with different teams
 Beneficial for:
 Multi-domain design
 hardware software co-design
 Multiple teams collaboration

25. Specific Design of Interest
 Existing Design
 Recreating low-level design in high-level or hybrid abstraction.
 Optimize the specific device of interest for performance improvement.
 Design a subsystem for a better understanding of bottleneck or issue.

26. Mirabilis Design

27. About Mirabilis Design
Headquartered in Silicon Valley
Software company based in Silicon Valley & providing electronics design solutions
Development and Support centers across geographies
US, India, Taiwan, Japan and Czech Republic
VisualSim - Modeling and Simulation software
Visualize, optimize, and validate the system specification prior to development
Reached 18 companies
& 32 universities
HW Modeling;
35 customers
2003
Company Incorporated
2005
First Engagement with
HP
2008
VisualSim
2010
First 10 Customers
2011
Stochastic and
Network modeling
2013 2015 2018
Rearchitected
VisualSim Product
2019
Executable
Document Generator
2022
Antenna and
Mixed-Signal
2020
Functional Safety &
Failure analysis
MIRABILIS DESIGN CONFIDENTIAL

28. Awards
Stochastic
Modeling
Innovation
Best
Embedded
Systems at
DAC
Simulator of
the Year
Best ESL at
DAC
2nd at Arm
TechCon
Embedded
World Best in
Show

29. VisualSim drives Efficiency & Productivity
Advantageous over generic modeling environment
due to less time & greater applicability
across the organization
Model Creation (6)
Implementation (18)
Using Current Design Methodology
Project Schedule
)
Implementation (12)
Using VisualSim Design Methodology
Time savings
based on 24
month project
is 20-40%
Note: All times in months
TM
Communication and Refinement (4)
Analysis (2.5)
Model Creation (0.5)
Analysis (1.5)
Communication and Refinement (6)
MIRABILIS DESIGN CONFIDENTIAL

30. WEBINAR: MODELING ABSTRACTION
Presenter:
Akash
Research and Development Engineer
Mirabilis Design Inc.
Email: akashk@mirabilisdesign.com
Organizer:
Deepak Shankar
Founder
Mirabilis Design Inc.
Email: dshankar@mirabilisdesign.com

31. Q&A
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