Title :
Knowledge based techniques on a development system of application specific integrated circuits
Author :
Shirai, Katsuhiko ; Takezawa, Toshiyuki ; Ueno, Satoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A novel type of ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) design system is presented, in which the specification of the algorithm is expressed by a Pascal-like high-level language and the possible architecture can be obtained using a knowledge-based approach. Digital-filter and quick-sorting designs are considered as examples. An evaluation of the system performance was carried out, and the quality of the synthesized circuits was confirmed to be comparable to that of human designers for small-scaled and special-purpose circuits with a hard-wired logic controller. This system should be an effective tool for building an intelligent silicon compiler starting from a high-level specification description.<>
Keywords :
VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; circuit layout CAD; development systems; digital filters; knowledge based systems; performance evaluation; sorting; specification languages; ASIC; Pascal-like high-level language; algorithm specification; application specific integrated circuits; chip architecture; development system; digital filter; hard-wired logic controller; high-level specification description; intelligent silicon compiler; knowledge based design system; quick-sorting designs; synthesized circuit quality; system performance; Algorithm design and analysis; Application specific integrated circuits; Buildings; Circuit synthesis; Control system synthesis; High level languages; Humans; Logic circuits; Logic design; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Applications, 1988. IEEE AI '88., Proceedings of the International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Hitachi City, Japan
DOI :
10.1109/AIIA.1988.13294
