Title :
Architectural simulation in the context of behavioral synthesis
Author :
Jemai, A. ; Kission, P. ; Jerraya, A.A.
Author_Institution :
INSAT, Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract :
This paper deals with integrating an interactive simulator within a behavioral synthesis tool, thereby allowing concurrent synthesis and simulation. The resulting environment provides a cycle based simulation of a behavioral module under synthesis. The simulator and the behavioral synthesis are based on a single model that allows one to link the behavioral description and the architecture produced by synthesis. The basic simulation-synthesis model is extended in order to allow for concurrent architectural simulation of several modules under synthesis. This paper also discusses an implementation of this concept resulting in a simulator, called AMIS. This tool assists the designer for understanding the results of behavioral synthesis and for architecture exploration. It may also be used to debug the behavioral specification
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; high level synthesis; interactive programming; program debugging; AMIS; architectural simulation; behavioral specification debugging; behavioral synthesis; concurrent synthesis/simulation; cycle based simulation; interactive simulator; simulation-synthesis model; Ambient intelligence; Computer architecture; Context modeling; Debugging; Design methodology; High level synthesis; Information analysis; Laboratories; Statistical analysis; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 1998., Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8359-7
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.1998.655918
