Title :
Comparing Signal Processing Hardware-Synthesis Methods Based on the Matlab Tool-Chain
Author :
Zoss, Rico ; Habegger, Andreas ; Bandi, Vinzenz ; Goette, Josef ; Jacomet, Marcel
Author_Institution :
HuCE-microLab, Bern Univ. of Appl. Sci., Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
Abstract :
Various commercial and academic tools are available for the synthesis of hardware algorithms. Focusing on signal processing algorithms, we compare efficiency, flexibility and usability of hardware synthesis approaches based on the widely used Matlab with add-on toolboxes or 3rd-party tools. We use several designs as case studies to investigate the effect of the tool features with respect to hardware architecture and design flexibility. Special emphasis is set to the designer´s freedom of choice between different arithmetic operator architectures, between pipe-lining versus operator sequencing, and between parallel versus sequential architectures.
Keywords :
high level synthesis; signal processing; Matlab tool chain; arithmetic operator architectures; hardware synthesis methods; parallel architecture; sequential architecture; signal processing hardware; Application specific integrated circuits; Delay; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; MATLAB; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms; Hardware synthesis; Matlab/Simulink; distributed pipe-lining; hardware algorithms; operator sequencing; signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Design, Test and Application (DELTA), 2011 Sixth IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Queenstown
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9357-9
DOI :
10.1109/DELTA.2011.58
