DocumentCode
1303716
Title
An Introduction to High-Level Synthesis
Author
Coussy, Philippe ; Gajski, Daniel D. ; Meredith, Michael ; Takach, Andres
Author_Institution
Lab.-STICC, Univ. de Bretagne-Sud, France
Volume
26
Issue
4
fYear
2009
Firstpage
8
Lastpage
17
Abstract
High-level synthesis raises the design abstraction level and allows rapid generation of optimized RTL hardware for performance, area, and power requirements. This article gives an overview of state-of-the-art HLS techniques and tools.
Keywords
high level synthesis; HLS techniques; abstraction level design; high-level synthesis; optimized RTL hardware; Application software; Assembly; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Computer architecture; Design methodology; Design optimization; Hardware design languages; High level synthesis; Space exploration; RTL abstraction; architectures; custom processors; design and test; hardware synthesis and verification; high-level synthesis;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7475
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MDT.2009.69
Filename
5209958
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