The time has come for high-level synthesis. When research into synthesizing hardware from abstract, program-like de­ scriptions started in the early 1970' s, there was no automated path from the register­ transfer design produced by high-level synthesis to a complete hardware imple­ mentation....

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Weitere Verfasser:	Camposano, Raul (HerausgeberIn), Wolf, Wayne (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Boston, MA Springer US 1991
Schriftenreihe:	The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, VLSI, Computer Architecture and Digital Signal Processing 136
Schlagworte:	Engineering Circuits and Systems Electrical Engineering Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design Computer-aided engineering Electrical engineering Electronic circuits VLSI Entwurf Schaltungsentwurf Aufsatzsammlung
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Zusammenfassung:	The time has come for high-level synthesis. When research into synthesizing hardware from abstract, program-like de­ scriptions started in the early 1970' s, there was no automated path from the register­ transfer design produced by high-level synthesis to a complete hardware imple­ mentation. As a result, it was very difficult to measure the effectiveness of high­ level synthesis methods; it was also hard to justify to users the need to automate architecture design when low-level design had to be completed manually. Today's more mature CAD techniques help close the gap between an automat­ ically synthesized design and a manufacturable design. Market pressures encour­ age designers to make use of any and all automated tools. Layout synthesis, logic synthesis, and specialized datapath generators make it feasible to quickly imple­ ment a register-transfer design in silicon,leaving designers more time to consider architectural improvements. As IC design becomes more automated, customers are increasing their demands; today's leading edge designers using logic synthesis systems are training themselves to be tomorrow's consumers of high-level synthe­ sis systems. The need for very fast turnaround, a competitive fabrication market WhlCh makes small-quantity ASIC manufacturing possible, and the ever growing co:n­ plexity of the systems being designed, all make higher-level design automaton inevitable
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (X, 390 p)
ISBN:	9781461539667
DOI:	10.1007/978-1-4615-3966-7