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Silicon compiler

Known as: Hardware compiler 
A silicon compiler is a software system that takes a user's specifications and automatically generates an integrated circuit (IC). The process is… 
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Electronic design automation

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
DWARV 2.0: A CoSy-based C-to-VHDL hardware compiler
In the last decade, a considerable amount of effort was spent on raising the implementation level of hardware systems by… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Glacier: a query-to-hardware compiler
Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are a promising technology that can be used in database systems. In this demonstration we… 
2001
2001
Hardware/compiler codevelopment for an embedded media processor
Embedded and portable systems running multimedia applications create a new challenge for hardware architects. A microprocessor… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A methodology for accurate performance evaluation in architecture exploration
Presents a system that automatically generates a cycle-accurate and bit-true instruction level simulator (ILS) and a hardware… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Techniques for low energy software
The energy consumption of a system depends upon the hardware and software component of a system. Since it is the software which… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
PHIDEO: a silicon compiler for high speed algorithms
PHIDEO is a silicon compiler targeted at the design of high performance real time systems with high sampling frequencies such as… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Architectural synthesis for DSP silicon compilers
A design methodology for automated mapping of DSP algorithms into VLSI architectures is presented. The methodology takes into… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Flamel: A High-Level Hardware Compiler
  • H. Trickey
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of…
  • 1987
  • Corpus ID: 1675909
This paper describes the design and implementation of a high-level hardware compiler called Flamel. Ordinary Pascal programs are… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Cathedral-II: A Silicon Compiler for Digital Signal Processing
The article describes the status of work at IMEC on the Cathedral-II silicon compiler. The compiler was developed to synthesize… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Bristle Blocks: A Silicon Compiler
  • D. Johannsen
  • 16th Design Automation Conference
  • 1979
  • Corpus ID: 14964192
Standard LSI Design Automation systems are database management systems that aid the circuit designer by organizing the collection… 
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