The Model 600 is the newest member of the VAX 6000 series of XMI2-based, multiprocessing computers. The Model 600 processor integrates easily into existing platforms. Each processor module provides 40.5 SPECmarks of performance made possible by the NVAX CPU chip. The major VLSI interface chip, called NEXMI, was created using Digital's internal CMOS-3 design and layout process. The ability to de...

This paper presents a methodology for selection of optimal softu’are design parameters using the experimental design. When an organization is at the point of taking up a new project with an objective of improving the software quality, Taguchi method is appliedfor the software design process with an objective that not more than one error is found per software module. The strategy in robust desig...

This paper presents a dual-mode modeling approach based on innovation design and engineering design, which is applied to the design of belt conveyor. Dual mode modeling method fusions innovation design pattern and engineering design mode, and realizes a combination of liberalization design and precision design, while the traditional parametric modeling is restricted by single thought, which exi...

Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is a prominent paradigm that is considered to continue its dominance in thecomputation at deep sub-micron regime in nanotechnology. The QCA realizations of five-input Majority Voter based multilevel parity generator circuits have been introduced in recent years. However, no attention has been paid towards the QCA instantiation of the generic (n-bit) even and ...

–In this paper, we present the architecture and design of a color space conversion module. The color space converter module is used for changing the image from RGB color space to YCbCr color space. The color space conversion module was designed using VHDL and was implemented on an FPGA. This design methodology helped us to achieve faster the time to market and also the ability to reuse one phys...

The design and development of a prototype computer-based instruction (CBI) module is described. The module covers introductory structural analysis techniques and demonstrates the practicality of CBI for undergraduate engineering education. The module’s generic learning objectives are used to develop a set of guiding principles for CBI development. Choice of authoring software and the module arc...

Those of us in the fast-changing field of computing often dismiss anything written more than five years ago as obsolete. Yet several decades-old papers by David L. Parnas [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] are as timely as those published in recent issues of the top journals. Parnas articulates the timeless software design concepts known as information hiding and abstract interfaces. Most programmers would des...

Inter-module connectors are one of the key components of self-reconfiguring robot modules. Connectors provide the autonomous attaching and detaching that make selfreconfiguration possible. Robust connector design must consider the uncertainty in module positioning that is inherent to any physically realized system. We are interested in connectors that use mechanical self-alignment to tolerate t...

Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is a prominent paradigm that is considered to continue its dominance in thecomputation at deep sub-micron regime in nanotechnology. The QCA realizations of five-input Majority Voter based multilevel parity generator circuits have been introduced in recent years. However, no attention has been paid towards the QCA instantiation of the generic (n-bit) even and ...

This chapter presents a knowledge intensive support paradigm for platform-based product family design and development. The background and current research status related to platform-based product development and product family design is first reviewed. Then, the fundamental issues underlying the product family design are discussed. A module-based integrated product family design scheme is propo...