Title :
The automatic synthesis of digital systems
Author :
Thomas, Donald E.
Author_Institution :
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Abstract :
The purpose of a digital synthesis aid is to allow a digital system architect to describe the behavior of a system to be built and to then aid him in the logic design of that system. This paper will overview several different approaches to the development of synthesis aids. The importance of key features of synthesis aids, such as the automatic generation of multilevel system representations, will also be discussed.
Keywords :
Circuit synthesis; Combinational circuits; Design engineering; Digital systems; Humans; Logic design; Logic gates; Multilevel systems; Packaging; Software design;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1981.12161
