Why Systems-on-Chip Needs More UML like a Hole in the Head

TL;DR

This paper argues that Systems-on-Chip design can benefit from UML, but emphasizes that only specific aspects are necessary, facilitated by model mappings to simplify UML application.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of model mappings with marked rules to streamline UML usage in SoC design, reducing unnecessary complexity.

Findings

Model mappings enable simplified UML application in SoC.

Marked rules facilitate targeted UML usage.

UML can be effectively tailored for SoC design needs.

Abstract

Let's be clear from the outset: SoC can most certainly make use of UML; SoC just doesn't need more UML, or even all of it. The advent of model mappings, coupled with marks that indicate which mapping rule to apply, enable a major simplification of the use of UML in SoC.