Title :
A functional/hierarchical layout tool
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
This paper describes work currently underway on the use of a functional programming language as the basis for an experimental silicon compiler system. Functional languages are those that describe computations in terms of the application of side-effect free functions to data, which may itself consist of functions. The basis for the work is the language `Sticks & Stones´ originally developed in Edinburgh for studies in the use of net-algebras in specifying VLSI layout networks
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit layout CAD; functional programming; high level languages; Sticks & Stones; VLSI layout networks; functional layout tool; functional programming language; hierarchical layout tool; net-algebras; silicon compiler; specification;
Conference_Titel :
Silicon Compilation, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
