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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2006
Marlin H. Mickle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James T. Cain, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Swapna Dontharaju, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Raymond R. Hoare, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Alex Jones, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Marlin H. Mickle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James T. Cain, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Swapna Dontharaju, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Raymond R. Hoare, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Alex Jones, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of generating software code for a processor of an IC based on a simple input description of the IC's standards. The method includes generating a macros description of each of the primitives from the standards and the response corresponding to each of the primitives, wherein the macros description includes information relating to a number of first fields for each of the primitives and a number of second fields for each response. The method further includes generating a blank version of a template that includes each of the second fields and receiving a completed version of the template, wherein the completed template specifies a behavior of the integrated circuit in response to the primitives. Finally, the method includes compiling the software code based on the macros description and the completed version of the template. Also, a software tool implementing the method is provided.