• DocumentCode
    2952593
  • Title

    OwL: An interface description language for IP reuse

  • Author

    Suzuki, Kei ; Ara, Kouji ; Yano, Kazuo

  • Author_Institution
    Central Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    403
  • Lastpage
    406
  • Abstract
    A new language for interface description, named OwL, and its applications are proposed. The purpose of OwL is to reuse IPs. By specifying the functionality of the IP as an interface protocol, the IP can be used as a blackbox. The full interface specification of an SDRAM, including refresh control, is represented by 205 lines of OwL description. Two applications of Ow L are also described. The first application is a waveform generator for the on-line manual. The second application is a means of checking the connectability of two IPs
  • Keywords
    DRAM chips; application specific integrated circuits; formal specification; hardware description languages; industrial property; integrated circuit design; IP reuse; OwL; SDRAM; connectability; interface description language; interface protocol; refresh control; waveform generator; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit synthesis; Hardware design languages; Integrated circuit synthesis; Joining processes; Network synthesis; Object oriented modeling; Protocols; Read only memory; Transducers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Custom Integrated Circuits, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5443-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CICC.1999.777313
  • Filename
    777313
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2952593