Synthesis of customised hardware from ADA

Author

Dossis, Michael F. ; Noras, James M. ; Porter, Gary J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bradford Univ., UK

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

30 May-2 Jun 1994

Firstpage

229

Abstract

Tools which permit the synthesis of hardware from high-level specifications are vital for reliable design on an acceptable timescale, and are opening up exciting possibilities in the use of custom coprocessors, rapid prototyping and the design of flexible mixed hardware-software systems. We are exploring a method for the translation of standard ADA code into hardware, by compiling ADA into a standard HDL format which can be synthesised by existing commercial packages. This paper sets out our approach of using an Intermediate Table Format (ITF) for high-level transformations and compilation into synthesisable HDL code

Keywords

Ada; circuit CAD; hardware description languages; high level synthesis; integrated circuit design; program compilers; ADA compilation; Intermediate Table Format; customised hardware synthesis; high-level specifications; high-level transformations; standard ADA code; standard HDL format; synthesisable HDL code; Algorithm design and analysis; Assembly; Circuits; Code standards; Control system synthesis; Coprocessors; Design automation; Design optimization; Hardware design languages; Packaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1994. ISCAS '94., 1994 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1915-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1994.408797

Filename

408797