Metropolis: Design Environment for Heterogeneous Systems

Metropolis is a system design environment in which designs are carried out by a well-de ned methodology that orthogonalizes and localizes design concerns, captures design decisions and requirements explicitly and unambiguously, and exploits the underlying theoretical framework to e ectively apply a tool-set throughout the design phases. The project, supported by the Gigascale Silicon Research Center, is in a process of prototyping the infrastructure and the tool-set of the environment, and applying the methodology to design drivers in various application domains. This paper presents a brief overview of the project, and reports the status and future plans.