SYMCAD: synthesis of microprogrammed control for automated VLSI design

Author

Priyadarshan, B.L. ; Balakrishnan, M. ; Kumar, Anshul ; Visweswaran, G.S.

Author_Institution

IIT Delhi, India

fYear

1990

fDate

27-29 Nov 1990

Firstpage

176

Lastpage

182

Abstract

The paper discusses a software package named SYMCAD, a retargetable microcode synthesizer which forms part of a microprogrammed control synthesis in the VLSI CAD system IDEAS (Integrated Design Automation System). The objective is to synthesize a microprogrammed control for a specified data part and microsequencer to realize the behavior expressed in a hardware description language. A distinctive feature of this approach is the synthesis of a customized control unit suitable for VLSI realization. Retargetable microcode generation comprises symbolic microprogram synthesis, microinstruction format generation and binary microcode generation, to map the required behavior on the specified micro-architecture

Keywords

VLSI; circuit CAD; digital integrated circuits; formal specification; microprogramming; IDEAS; SYMCAD; automated VLSI design; binary microcode generation; customized control unit; hardware description language; microinstruction format generation; microprogrammed control; retargetable microcode synthesizer; software package; symbolic microprogram synthesis; Automatic control; Constraint optimization; Control system synthesis; Counting circuits; Decoding; Design optimization; Hardware; Level control; Read only memory; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microprogramming and Microarchitecture. Micro 23. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Workshop and Symposium., Workshop on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2124-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MICRO.1990.151440

Filename

151440