High Level Synthesis from Sim-nML Processor Models

  • Authors:
  • Souvik Basu;Rajat Moona

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • VLSID '03 Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on VLSI Design
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The design of modern complex embedded systems require a high level of abstraction of the design. The SimnML [1] is a specification language to model processors forsuch designs. Several software generation tools have beendeveloped that take ISA specifications in Sim-nML as input.In this paper we present a tool Sim-HS that implementshigh level behavioral and structural synthesis of processorsfrom their ISA specifications in Sim-nML. Behavioral Sim-HS transforms Sim-nML specifications of a processor tothe corresponding behavioral Verilog model that is suitablefor fast functional simulation. Structural Sim-HS generatesstructural synthesizable Verilo processor model from itsSim-nML specifications.