Data path synthesis apparatus and method for optimizing a behavioral design description being processed by a behavioral synthesis tool
US7305650B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2111/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data path optimization element is used in a behavioral synthesis process to optimize portions of an algorithmic description of a digital logic circuit. Directives are provided in the algorithmic description to identify subsets of the algorithmic description that can be extracted and optimized. The optimization includes identification of certain operators, function calls, conditional statements, or other relationships in the subset, and then compression of the extracted subset into or more data path components in a building block. The building block thus generated is substituted back into the algorithmic description and used in subsequent operations during the behavioral synthesis process, thereby leading to a more optimum design in terms of area, performance, power characteristics, or other characteristic(s).
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