Title
Generating Layouts for Self-implementing Modules
Abstract
Recent advances in FPGA density allow system-level implementations in programmable logic. However, traditional FPGA design tools do not scale well to large complex designs containing substantial datapaths, control logic, and memories, in part because they mostly ignore hierarchy and treat complex circuits as flat netlists. Many FPGA designers have adopted synthesis-based approaches to deal with design complexity, but unfortunately, synthesis technology is not sufficiently advanced to make best use of the target FPGA. As a result, libraries of modules with optimized implementations are essential for high-performance system-level FPGA design [1], [2], [3]. In this paper we describe an object-oriented framework for module generation, focusing on a novel approach to specifying and computing layouts for parametric modules.
Year
DOI
Venue
1998
10.1007/BFb0055294
FPL
Keywords
Field
DocType
self-implementing modules,generating layouts,programmable logic
Computer architecture,Computer science,Computer Aided Design,Field-programmable gate array,FPGA prototype,Circuit design,Implementation,Control logic,Electronic circuit,Programmable logic device,Distributed computing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
3-540-64948-4
5
1.20
References 
Authors
4
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
James Hwang1264.53
Cameron Patterson2153.71
S. Mohan313450.39
Eric Dellinger4563.99
Sujoy Mitra582.41
Ralph Wittig6575.64