Platform-based design is defined in ''Taxonomies for the Development and Verification of Digital Systems''
[Brian Bailey, Grant Martin and Thomas Anderson, ''Taxonomies for the Development and Verification of Digital Systems'', Springer (2005) ] as "an integration oriented design approach emphasizing systematic reuse, for developing complex products based upon platforms and compatible hardware and
software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated software documentation, documentation and data (computing), data. This is in contrast to Computer hardware, hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
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virtual component, intended to reduce development risks, costs and time to market".
See also
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Electronic design automation
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Electronic system-level design and verification
References
Electronic design automation
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