Method of, and apparatus for, data path optimisation in parallel pipelined hardware
US8631380B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2115/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of generating a hardware design for a pipelined parallel stream processor, by defining a hardware processing operation; specifying at least one propagation rule; defining a graph representing the processing operation in the time domain, comprising at least one data path to be implemented as a hardware design and a plurality of parallel branches; each data path having: at least one data path input, output, and discrete object corresponding to a hardware element; each discrete object comprises an input for receiving an input variable, an operator for executing a function on said input variable, and an output variable; optimizing each output from each discrete object in dependence upon the propagation rule to produce an optimised graph; and utilizing the optimised graph to define an optimised hardware design for implementation in said pipelined parallel stream processor.
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