Title :
Designing ASICs with UAHPL
Author :
Sait, Sadiq M. ; Benten, Muhammad S T ; Khan, Asjad M T
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
fDate :
3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Discussed the progress made in putting together a UAHPL based design automation system using software tools developed locally and in U.S. universities. The UAHPL language is used as the front-end specification medium because of its close relation to hardware implementation issues. The system is modular and technology independent so that future extensions and specific implementation issues can be added and modified. The work carried out so far has targeted semicustom design and standard cell methodologies. The front-end of the system, up to the netlist, is independent of technology and architecture. The output of this stage can be conveniently mapped to programmable devices (PLDs) and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; field programmable gate arrays; integrated circuit design; logic CAD; programmable logic devices; software tools; ASICs; UAHPL language; design automation system; field programmable gate arrays; front-end specification; hardware implementation issues; programmable devices; semicustom design; software tools; standard cell methodologies; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Design automation; Digital signal processing; Digital systems; Flip-flops; Hardware design languages; Logic design; Microprocessors; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE
