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This paper presents two extensions to the axlomatic architecture description language AADL [11], which together allow for a modular and concise specification of multiprocessor architectures at levels of abstraction ranging from compiler/operating-system interface down to register-transfer-level. The specification method is illustrated by an AADL-definition of a top-level view of DOOM, a distributed object oriented machine, currently developed at Phillps Research Labs., Eindhoven [19,20] within ESPRIT-project 415.
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Damm, W., Doehmen, G. (1987). An axiomatic approach to the specification of distributed computer architectures. In: de Bakker, J.W., Nijman, A.J., Treleaven, P.C. (eds) PARLE Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe. PARLE 1987. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 258. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-17943-7_123
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