Patent · US Expired

Automatic generation of structure and control path using hardware description language

US7373638B1 · kind B1 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Coware, Inc. · US

Inventors

Oliver Schliebusch · Herzogenrath, DE
Andreas Hoffmann · North Bend, US
Achim Nohl · Aachen, DE
Gunnar Braun · Aachen, DE
Heinrich Meyr · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 14, 2003
Grant date	May 13, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 3, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F30/30
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Translating to a hardware description language (HDL) from an architecture description language (ADL) is disclosed. An architecture description that is written in the ADL and has a hierarchical organization is received. Decoders are generated, described in the HDL, from the architecture description written in the ADL. Control signals are generated, described in the HDL, from the architecture description written in the ADL. The decoders are configured to output the control signals and the control signals are input to functional units in order to preserve the hierarchical organization of the architecture description written in the ADL.

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