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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2000
Stephen G. Edwards, Woodbine, MD (US);
Jonathan Craig Harris, Crofton, MD (US);
James E. Jensen, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Andreas Benno Kollegger, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ian David Miller, Charlotte, NC (US);
Christopher Robert Sunderland Schanck, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Donald J. Davis, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The compilation of a high-level software-based description of an algorithm into efficient digital hardware implementation(s) is addressed. This is done through the definition of new semantics for software constructs with respect to hardware implementations. This approach allows a designer to work at a high level of abstraction, while the semantic model can be used to infer the resulting hardware implementation. These semantics are interpreted through the use of a compilation tool that analyzes the software description to generate a control and data flow graph. This graph is then the intermediate format used for optimizations, transformations and annotations. The resulting graph is then translated to either a register transfer level or a netlist-level description of the hardware implementation.