Xilinx, Inc.

Jérôme Bertrand

James E Ogden

Jeffrey C Ward

Michael George Ingoldby

Nicolas Leignel

Thomas Vuillermet

Mark R McLaughlin

Within an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tool, a method of macro inference can include translating a hardware description language (HDL) template into a macro template and translating a circuit design into a format corresponding to the macro template. The method further can include matching a portion of the translated circuit design with the macro template and replacing the portion of the circuit design matching the macro template with a macro associated with the macro template. The resulting updated circuit design is then output, e.g., to a user, a computer file, or another EDA tool.

Macro inference within electronic design automation tools using hardware description language templates

A method of integrating a High-level Language (HLL) function with a Hardware Description Language (HDL) representation of a circuit design can include identifying an attribute of the HDL representation of the circuit design that is resolved at compile time and determining a value for the attribute using an HLL function when compiling the HDL representation of the circuit design.

Using high-level language functions in HDL synthesis tools

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Grenoble, France

Jérôme Bertrand