PuMA++: From Behavioral Specification to Multi-FPGA-Prototype

  • Authors:
  • Klaus Harbich;Erich Barke

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • FPL '01 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

In this paper we present a new design flow for efficient hardware implementation of behavioral system specifications at algorithmic level into heterogeneous multi-FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) rapid prototyping systems. We discuss the benefits of coupling the high-level synthesis tool CADDY-II and the partitioning and mapping environment PuMA, which is designed for optimized implementation of RT-level (Register-Transfer) netlists into multi-FPGA architectures. With our new approach, rapid prototyping and in-circuit verification in earliest design phases are enabled. Due to short implementation times and precise back annotation accomplished by a close coupling of the tools, more design iterations and thus better design space exploration is possible.