Title : 
Static analysis tools for soft-core reviews and audits
         
        
            Author : 
Olcoz, Serafín ; Castellví, Ana ; García, Maria ; Gómez, José-Angel
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
SIDSA, Madrid, Spain
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Three navigation tools are presented to statically and interactively analyze soft-cores described in VHDL. These tools ease the adoption of mechanisms to perform reviews and audits procedures similar to those adopted in software development. These navigation tools help to better understand and reuse VHDL soft-cores. The three navigators are integrated in a VHDL-ICE environment to acquire design data management support
         
        
            Keywords : 
hardware description languages; high level synthesis; software tools; VHDL soft-cores; VHDL-ICE environment; design data management support; navigation tools; soft-core audits; soft-core reviews; static analysis tools; virtual components; Analytical models; Companies; Design methodology; Environmental management; Hardware design languages; Ice; Intellectual property; Navigation; Packaging; Virtual colonoscopy;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 1998., Proceedings
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Paris
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-8186-8359-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/DATE.1998.655977