A fixed-rate stream graph becomes something a compiler can reason about like circuitry: token balance, repeating schedules, bounded buffers, and parallel structure all become visible. This page turns that bargain into diagrams instead of prose.
A multirate filter chain is a perfect SDF postcard. Click actors to inspect their contracts; hover edges to see the rate mismatch the scheduler must reconcile.
SDF turns “can this run forever?” into integer bookkeeping. The heatmap shows one steady-state period; the line chart shows buffer occupancy over that exact schedule.
Static schedules do not make memory free; they make memory visible. Toggle through allocation strategies to see how compile-time knowledge lowers peak FIFO demand.
The model wins by refusing messy behavior. This final view compares static SDF against more dynamic dataflow families and the irregular workloads that escape fixed-rate analysis.