Rapid prototyping of DSP chip-sets via functional reuse

This paper proposes a novel design methodology and environment for digital signal processing application-specific integrated circuits (DSP-ASICs). The design methodology is based on systematic functional reuse. A library defines basic functional blocks that are automatically reused over multiple DSP applications. The defined design approach is utilized to rapidly prototype high performance DSP applications. A comparison with conventional ASIC and FPGA design, shows that the proposed approach bridges the gap between ASICs and FPGAs by offering high performance, low cost, and a short time-to-market