Use of VHDL Enviroment for Interactive Synthesis of Asynchronous Circuits (1995)

Author(s): Starodoubstev NA, Yakovlev A, Petrov SY

    Abstract: The paper describes the idea of VHDL-based synthesis of asynchronous control circuits from Signal Transition Graphs. A set of VHDL representation forms is defined which allow the designer: (1) to interact with the synthesis process more closely, using the full range of tools (simulation, visualisation etc.) available in VHDL environments. (2) to transition between the forms smoothly, sometimes using ""mixed"" forms, thus efficiently combining partial logic circuit implementations with event-based descriptions of the surrounding parts.

      • Date: 1995
      • Series Title: Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series
      • Pages: 12
      • Institution: Department of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
      • Publication type: Report
      • Bibliographic status: Published

      Keywords: asynchronous circuits, design automation, design representation, interactive synthesis, logic synthesis, software tools, vhdl

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      Professor Alex Yakovlev
      Professor of Computer System Design