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The Role of TDML (Continued)
Scenario I
- Engineer Meg A. Smart works for a semiconductor vendor and is assigned to document the interface specification for a new component developed by the company.
- She uses an interactive timing diagram tool to graphically describe the timing behavior of the component. Because the timing diagram is interactive, she is able to exercise and adjust the model under many different conditions, until she is sure that the diagram accurately models the component timing behavior.
- Meg uses the tool to export a TDML representation of the component model. The TDML is made available to the public on the company web site.
- An interested (and rich) designer downloads the TDML model from the website. Using a TDML web browser plug-in, he experiments with the model.
- For more analysis he runs an interactive timing diagram tool on the TDML model and interfaces the model to other parts of his system design.
- Satisfied that the new component will work in the design, the designer places a large order with the component vendor.
- Meg gets a raise and a BMW convertible.