Title :
Digital hardware projects: A new tool for automated complexity analysis
Author :
Menhorn, Benjamin ; Brix, Lukas ; Slomka, Frank
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Embedded Syst./Real-Time Syst., Ulm Univ., Ulm, Germany
Abstract :
This papers introduces a new tool for an automated complexity analysis of digital hardware projects. This analytical tool parses hardware implementations written in VHDL and calculates their complexity. The design entropy is used as a complexity metric. This allows to obtain complexity figures of hardware projects, useful for developers as well as project managers.
Keywords :
electronic engineering computing; entropy; hardware description languages; integrated circuit design; VHDL; analytical tool; automated complexity analysis; design entropy; digital hardware projects; hardware implementations; project managers; Complexity theory; Entropy; Grammar; Hardware; IEEE standards; Java; Program processors;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES), 2013 8th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Porto
DOI :
10.1109/SIES.2013.6601473
