Title :
Application of synthesis to support hardware emulation
Author :
Nguyen, Huy Nam ; Gressus, Yvon ; Hoe, Michel D.
Author_Institution :
Hardware Dev. Paris-Angers, Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France
Abstract :
The need of hardware emulators for logic simulation is becoming a widely accepted requirement, especially as the hardware complexity continues to increase and the design time to decrease. However, raw speed is not the only requirement for a hardware emulator. This paper discusses some of the requirements that designers are demanding from hardware emulation. The main aspect focused on is the application of synthesis to compile behavioural models for emulation
Keywords :
circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; logic CAD; behavioural models; hardware complexity; hardware emulation; hardware emulator; logic simulation; Circuit simulation; Emulation; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Logic; Minimization; Process design; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Software prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Rapid System Prototyping, 1995. Proceedings., Sixth IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Chapel Hill, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7100-9
DOI :
10.1109/IWRSP.1995.518595
