Behavioral Synthesis: Digital System Design Using the Synopsys Behavioral Compiler - Hardcover

Knapp, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0135692520 ISBN 13: 9780135692523

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1996

Synopsis

Working engineers, managers and students of electronic design.

The newest tool for high level digital system design is behavioral synthesis, an evolutionary step up from logic synthesis. This is the first book on that tool.

About this title

About the Author

David Knapp was a professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he taught courses in Microprocessor Systems, Embedded Systems, and Design Automation.

From the Back Cover

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Behavioral synthesis is now a reality. After nearly twenty years of academic and industrial research and development, designers are reaping the rewards of this technology, which brings increased productivity, improved design quality, and faster time to market.

This book gives a designer's-eye view of this exciting new EDA technology. The first six chapters provide a detailed description of what goes on under the hood of an industrial-strength behavioral synthesis product, the Synopsys Behavioral Compiler, with copious notes and tips on how to use this knowledge to get the most out of this powerful new tool.

• Introduction to the behavioral design flow
• Behavioral synthesis representations and processes
• Writing HDL descriptions for behavioral synthesis
• Managing I/O timing
• Behavioral Compiler commands and options
• Interpreting error messages

The next five chapters provide detailed case studies, representing a variety of design problems:

• IIR and FIR filters
• Video compression and translation from C to HDLs
• Data encryption
• Packet routing

The examples are given in both VHDL and Verilog. Machine-readable versions, along with complete synthesis reports, are provided on the accompanying diskette (requires Syopsys Behavioral Compiler to synthesize).

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0135692520
• ISBN 13: 9780135692523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256