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1、附录一、英文原文Hardware/SoftwareDesignandDevelopmentProcessEverettLumpkinandMichaelGabrickDelphiCorporation,ElectronicsandSafetyDivisionINTRODUCTIONProcessandtechnologyadvancementsinthesemiconductorindustryhavehelpedtorevolutionizeautomotiveandconsumerelectronics.AsMoore’sLawpredicted,the
2、increaseincomplexityandoperatingfrequenciesoftoday’sintegratedcircuitshaveenabledthecreationofsystemapplicationsoncethoughttobeimpossible.Andsystemssuchascameracellphones,automotiveinfotainmentsystems,advancedpowertraincontrollersandhandheldpersonalcomputershavebeenrealizedasaresul
3、t.Inadditiontotheincreasesinprocesstechnology,theElectronicDesignAutomation(EDA)industryhashelpedtotransformthewaysemiconductorintegratedcircuits(IC)andsubsequentsoftwareapplicationsaredesignedandverified.Thistransformationhasoccurredintheformofdesignabstraction,wheretheimplementat
4、ioncontinuestobeperformedathigherlevelsthroughtheinnovationofdesignautomationtools.Anexampleofthistrendistheevolutionofsoftwaredevelopmentfromtheearlydaysofmachine-levelprogrammingtotheC++andJavasoftwarewrittentoday.Thecreationoftheassemblerallowedtheprogrammertomovealevelabovemach
5、inelanguage,whichincreasedtheefficiencyofcodegenerationanddocumentation,butstilltiedtheprogrammertotheunderlyinghardwarearchitecture.Likewise,thedawnofC/C++compilers,debuggersandlinkershelpedtomovetheabstractionlayerfurtherawayfromtheunderlyinghardware,makingthesoftwarecompletelypl
6、atformindependent,easiertoread,easiertodebugandmoreefficienttomanage.However,ashifttohigherlevelsofsoftwareabstractionhasnottranslatedtoareductionincomplexityorhumanresources.Onthecontrary,asintegratedsystemshavebecomemorefeaturerich,thecomplexityoftheoperatingsystemandcorrespondin
7、gapplicationshaveincreasedrapidly,ashavethecostsassociatedwiththesoftwareimplementationandverificationactivities.Certainlytheadvancementsinembeddedsoftwaretoolssuchasstaticcodecheckers,debuggersandhardwareemulatorshavehelpedtosolvesomeofthesoftwareverificationproblems,butsoftwareve
8、rificationactivitieshavebe