Static memory allocation by pointer analysis and coloring

Modern systems-on-chips often allocate more silicon real-estate to memory than logic. The minimization of on-chip memory becomes increasingly important for the reduction of manufacturing cost. In this paper, we present a new technique that minimizes memory usage. Incorporated in a behavioral synthesis tool that synthesizes general-purpose C programs, this technique is fully automated and does not rely on users to explicitly specify dataflow information. Experimental results show that significant improvements can be achieved for the benchmark set