Rapid-prototyping of a cellular processor

Author

Amla, Vanya ; Auletta, Richard

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

19-23 Sep 1994

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

222

Abstract

This paper examines a range of techniques for the design, implementation, and verification of a serial Cellular Automata Machine. Three different approaches for the design of the Serial Parallel Extendible Scalable Cellular Automata Machine are examined including a high-level description using the formal specification language CSP, an intermediate behavioral-level design in VHDL, and a detailed logic-level design using Logic III. A comparison of the three approaches is provided based on the following criteria: speed, size, assurance, and the ease and flexibility of design

Keywords

cellular automata; communicating sequential processes; formal specification; hardware description languages; high level synthesis; parallel architectures; parallel machines; CSP; Logic III; VHDL; cellular processor; design automation; design flexibility; formal specification language; high-level description; intermediate behavioral-level design; logic-level design; serial cellular automata machine; serial parallel extendible scalable machine; Adders; Automata; Computer architecture; Design engineering; Digital systems; Drives; Electronic design automation and methodology; Hardware design languages; Logic design; Shift registers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1994. Proceedings., Seventh Annual IEEE International

Conference_Location

Rochester, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2020-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASIC.1994.404572

Filename

404572