Title :
Synthesis of glue logic, transactors, multiplexors and serialisors from protocol specifications
Author :
Greaves, D.J. ; Nam, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Lab., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
Today´s system-on-chip (SoC) systems must be designed as quickly as possible by integrating IP blocks from diverse suppliers. In this paper, we present a new automata based algorithm that automatically synthesizes glue logic for SoC fabrication and Transaction-level modelling (TLM) transactors for SoC modelling. Our approach introduces a new encoding for state variables which captures data conservation property and supports simple point-to-point connections as well as those the perform functions such as multiplexing, filtering and serialising.
Keywords :
electronic design automation; logic circuits; multiplexing equipment; protocols; system-on-chip; SoC fabrication; automata based algorithm; data conservation property; glue logic synthesis; integrating IP block; multiplexor; point-to-point connection; protocol specification; state variable; system-on-chip system; transaction level modelling; transactor;
Conference_Titel :
Specification & Design Languages (FDL 2010), 2010 Forum on
Conference_Location :
Southampton
DOI :
10.1049/ic.2010.0148