Building domain specific software architectures from software architectural design patterns conference paper in proceedings international conference on software engineering january 2011 with. The developers of a system are accepted as one of the most important stakeholders of an architecture description. Using domainspecific languages to describe the development viewpoint of software architectures abstract. However, designing these heterogeneous systems is a challenging task due to their inherent complexity. A framework for software architecture recovery splc. Apr 28, 2015 domain specific software architecture is basically software architecture focused on a particular domain. A domainspecific software architecture dssa is an assemblage of software components. Domainspecific software architectures dssas have been proposed4 in order to address these issues. Cdsc develops a general methodology for creating novel customizable computing platforms and the associated compilation tools and runtime management environment to support domainspecific computing.
We present a domainspecific software architecture dssa that we have developed for a large application domain of adaptive intelligent systems aiss. Modeldriven domain analysis and software development. A domainspecific software architecture for adaptive intelligent. This document contains an overview of the work being done in the darpa domain specific software architecture program dssa as of july 1992. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. A domainspecific software architecture dssa has been defined as. By examining a classfamily of related systems and the commonality underlying those systems, it is possible to obtain a set of reference models, i. Apr 17, 2020 many components of software that is run on generalpurpose processors can be adapted to run on domain specific processors. A good software architecture facilitates application system development, promotes achievement of functional requirements, and supports system reconfigurati. Darpa selects teams to unleash power of specialized.
Domainspecific software architectures and architecture patterns. It involves systematic use of a domain specific language to represent the various facets of a system. Despite recent advances, the cpugpu architectures are falling behind to keep up with the immense computation appetite of training tasks for ai projects. Pdf dssa domainspecific software architecture researchgate. Domain specific software architecture is basically software architecture focused on a particular domain.
Domainspecific architecture for software agents journal of object. The recent focus is on design and implementation of acceleratorrich architectures, from single chips to data centers. A domainspecific architecture for deep neural networks. Domain specific software architectures dssas have been proposed4 in order to address these issues. Domain specific software architectures missile systems, c4i systems, logistics systems, gis systems, dbms systems, compilers, query engines, and security kernels have internal patterns specific to that class of software. Tracz 9 one of the dilemmas that has prevented software developers from reusing software is the lack of software artifacts to use or the existence of artifacts that are difficult to integrate. We have been studying a software engineering methodology based on domainspecific software architectures dssas 18, 36, 34, 35, 37, 24, where the term domain refers to a class of. Develop a framework to aid in the creation of a customizable heterogeneous platform chp for a given application domain. Software architecture is foundational to the development of large, practical software intensive applications. Pdf a domainspecific software architecture dssa t has been defined as. Evaluating architectural designs using our inhouse cycleaccurate.
The usability model will be equally easy with domain specific processors. Domain specific hardware software codesign, enhanced security, open instruction sets, and agile chip development. Cdsc develops a general methodology for creating novel customizable computing platforms and the associated compilation tools and runtime management environment to support domain specific computing. Domain specific software engineering software systems differ in terms of their purpose, size, complexity, provided functionality, quality needs, intended usage, expected or required execution context, involved stakeholders and their selection from software architecture. Domain specific architectures tailor architecture to a domain serverattached devices programmable, not hardwired integrated application and deploymentaware development of devices, firmware, systems, software 510x power performance improvement a new golden age for computer architecture john l. The program managers behind darpas electronics resurgence initiative eri have selected research teams from academia and industry to explore the development of flexible architectures capable of using specialized hardware to solve specific computing problems more quickly and efficiently. We proposed an approach for designing domain specific heterogeneous architectures based on instruction augmentation through the integration of hardware accelerators into simple cores. Domainspecific hardwaresoftware codesign, enhanced security, open instruction sets, and agile chip development.
Domainspecific software architectures for guidance. This book displays how to effectively map and respond to the realworld challenges and purposes which software must solve, covering domains such. Domain specific software architecture aims at software reuse through construction of domain architecture reference model. This ieee transactions on computers special issue on domainspecific architectures for emerging applications seeks to expand our understanding of novel accelerator designs across emerging application domains, from circuit and microarchitecture aspects, to. The proposed approach aimed to ease the design of heterogeneous manycore architectures and, consequently, exploration of the design spaceby automating the design steps. For example, scaledeep 35 is an investigation of a highperformance server designed for dnn training and inference containing thousands of processors. An evaluation step is also carried out both for the proposed methodology and the developed domainspecific software architecture for software agents in web service discovery. The objective was to generate heterogeneous architectures by integrating many of these accelerated cores and connecting them with a networkonchip. The constructed reference model presents a set of individual components and their interaction points.
A domainspecific software architecture dssa t has been defined as. Leveraging domainspecific software architectures for. Composition of software architectures from reusable. We proposed an approach for designing domainspecific heterogeneous architectures based on instruction augmentation through the integration of hardware accelerators into simple cores. Systematic discovery and exploitation of commonality across related software systems is a fundamental technical requirement for achieving successful software reuse. Customized architectures center for domainspecific. The development of a generic control architecture suitable for use as a single intelligent agent or as multiple cooperating agents is described. Architectures dssas have been advanced as a methodology for factoring large software systems into components that have high.
Critically, this text focuses on supporting creation of real implemented systems. An evaluation step is also carried out both for the proposed methodology and the developed domain specific software architecture for software agents in web service discovery. Jul 24, 2018 the program managers behind darpas electronics resurgence initiative eri have selected research teams from academia and industry to explore the development of flexible architectures capable of using specialized hardware to solve specific computing problems more quickly and efficiently. Domain models, domain specific software architectures, features, and architecture patterns the terms used in this paper are defined as follows. Hence the text details not only modeling techniques. Dssa domainspecific software architecture pedagogical. A framework is usually implemented in terms of one or more viewpoints or adls. The domainspecific software architecture program june 1992 special report mark h. This brandnew text covers all facets of software architecture and how it serves as the intellectual centerpiece of software development and evolution. Software development using domainspecific software architectures.
Leveraging domain modeling and profiling to understand the specific needs and bottlenecks of the domain. Developing domain specific architecture for web service discovery agent based on the proposed methodology. Having said that, its really tough to hone in on one specific architecture without. Domainspecific software engineering software systems differ in terms of their purpose, size, complexity, provided functionality, quality needs, intended usage, expected or required execution context, involved stakeholders and their selection from software architecture. A domainspecific software architecture for adaptive.
Sep 10, 2018 unsurprisingly, hennesey and patterson say in their distinguished 2018 turing award lecture that it is a new golden age for computer architecture. View notes dssa from cmpn sem1 at university of mumbai. Another trend since 2016 is domainspecific architectures for training. Knowing where and at what level of abstraction software architectural design patterns should be applied in a given domain is not always clear. The proposed approach aimed to ease the design of heterogeneous manycore architecturesand, consequently, exploration of the design spaceby automating the design steps. But domainspecific architectures have a downside, too. Join malcolm shore for an indepth discussion in this video, welcome, part of securing the iot. It involves systematic use of a domain specific language to represent the various facets of a system domainspecific modeling languages tend to support higherlevel abstractions than generalpurpose modeling languages, so they require less effort and fewer low. Introduction to dssa dssa is basically software architecture focused on a particular domain. Domainspecific software architectures also serve as a common language in which domain engineers can discuss, understand and teach the principles of their craft. Software architecture is foundational to the development of large, practical softwareintensive applications. Domain specific software architectures also serve as a common language in which domain engineers can discuss, understand and teach the principles of their craft.
Pdf domainspecific software architecture for adaptive. Customized architectures center for domainspecific computing. Therefore, we propose a design method to generate domain specific manycore architectures based on riscv instruction set architecture and automate the main steps of this method with software tools. Proposing innovative architectural solutions for domain specific problems. Dssa domainspecific software architecture pedagogical example. Developing domainspecific architecture for web service discovery agent based on the proposed methodology. Designing domainspecific heterogeneous architectures from. Software architectures serve as frameworks for software reuse. Apr 17, 2018 whereas compilerarchitecture codesign delivered gains of about three in the 1980s for c compilers and risc architectures, new advances could create compilers and domain specific architectures 3 dsas that deliver tenfold or more jumps 4 in this new golden age. Monthe faculty of sciences university of yaounde 1 yaounde, cameroon valery.
This ieee transactions on computers special issue on domain specific architectures for emerging applications seeks to expand our understanding of novel accelerator designs across emerging application domains, from circuit and microarchitecture aspects, to solutions at the compiler and system software level. However, developing such heterogeneous architectures is a significant challenge. Proposing innovative architectural solutions for domainspecific problems. Many components of software that is run on generalpurpose processors can be adapted to run on domainspecific processors. An architecture framework captures the conventions, principles and practices for the description of architectures established within a specific domain of application andor community of stakeholders isoiecieee 42010. Dsas provide a great opportunity for innovation as hardware and software are designed from the scratch focused on a very specific goal. Using domainspecific languages to describe the development.
Pdf a domainspecific software architecture for adaptive. Building domain specific software architectures from software. Whereas compilerarchitecture codesign delivered gains of about three in the 1980s for c compilers and risc architectures, new advances could create compilers and domainspecific architectures 3 dsas that deliver tenfold or more jumps 4 in this new golden age. Domain specific processors relies upon notions of concurrency and parallelism to satisfy performance and cost constraints resulting from increasingly complex applications and architectures and addresses concepts in specification, simulation, and verification in embedded systems and software design. Domainspecific processors relies upon notions of concurrency and parallelism to satisfy performance and cost constraints resulting from increasingly complex applications and architectures and addresses concepts in specification, simulation, and verification in embedded systems and software design. Software architecture descriptions are commonly organized into views, which are analogous to the different types of blueprints made in building architecture. An approach to building domain specific software architectures from software architectural design patterns a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy at george mason university by julie street fant masters of science george mason university, 2004 bachelors of science.
A domain specific software architecture dssa is an assemblage of software components specialized for a particular domain, generalized for effective use across that domain, and composed in a standardized structure topology effective for building successful applications. Domain specific modeling dsm is a software engineering methodology for designing and developing systems, such as computer software. The architecture may be fixed, and programmability is really hard, so you need to go back to this notion of the programming model with which you actually program this portion, schirrmeister said. Currently, there are no existing approaches for building and validating domain specific software architectures that focus on reusing and composing existing software architectural design patterns. Domainspecific modeling dsm is a software engineering methodology for designing and developing systems, such as computer software. Leveraging domainspecific software architectures for classifying cloud service abstractions t s mohan, infosys achieving energy efficient computing for future large scale applications tajana simunic rosing, university of california san diego early observations on the performance of windows azure zach hill, university of virginia. Systems, architectures, modeling, and simulation crc press book ranging from lowlevel application and architecture optimizations to highlevel modeling and exploration concerns, this authoritative reference compiles essential research on various levels of abstraction appearing in embedded systems and software design. A domainspecific software architecture dssa is an assemblage of software components specialized for a particular domain, generalized for effective use across that domain, and composed in a standardized structure topology effective for building successful applications. Each chip would contain computeheavy blocks and memoryheavy blocks, in a 3.
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