In the latest years, the usage of UML to describe complete systems, including SoCs [1], has been increased. In trend with this line, this work proposes a methodology, based on UML, for SoCs designing ...

Changes made for architecture in UML 2.0 primarily involve the structural (class) model, while changes for scalability are best seen in the improved sequence diagrams.

Create a new UML Class Diagram and drag classes, interfaces and enumerations from the toolbox, as shown in Figure 1. To include elements in multiple diagrams, drag them from the UML Model Explorer.

To effectively use Unified Modeling Language when developing Java applications, developers must have a thorough understanding of the UML elements and how these elements map to Java.

I now address the next question: how to refine use-case diagrams with interfaces and data flows (mapping to data sources) and how to hyperlink the UML artifacts to provide traceability.