DSM Modelling for Digital Design Using Verilog HDL

In the practice of product design, the efficient control of complexity has increasingly gained importance. The Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) has proved to be a useful tool for analysing system structure and managing structural complexity. In order to provide a deep insight of system structure in designing Verilog HDL source code artefacts for digital system designers and project managers, the paper proposes a DSM modelling method based on the characteristics of the digital system structural modelling with Verilog and the component dependencies relationship. A DSM modelling example is presented. Result shows that with the DSM model, the source code artefacts can be efficiently analyzed.