TY - GEN
T1 - Designing high-quality hardware on a development effort budget
T2 - 21st Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2016
AU - Sun, Zelei
AU - Campbell, Keith
AU - Zuo, Wei
AU - Rupnow, Kyle
AU - Gurumani, Swathi
AU - Doucet, Frederic
AU - Chen, Deming
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/3/7
Y1 - 2016/3/7
N2 - High-level synthesis (HLS) promises high-quality hardware with minimal development effort. In this paper, we evaluate the current state-of-the-art in HLS and design techniques based on software references and architecture references. We present a software reference study developing a JPEG encoder from pre-existing software, and an architecture reference study developing an AES block encryption module from scratch in SystemC and SystemVerilog based on a desired architecture. Additionally, we develop micro-benchmarks to demonstrate best-practices in C coding styles that produce high-quality hardware with minimal development effort. Finally, we suggest language, tool, and methodology improvements to improve upon the current state-of-the-art in HLS.
AB - High-level synthesis (HLS) promises high-quality hardware with minimal development effort. In this paper, we evaluate the current state-of-the-art in HLS and design techniques based on software references and architecture references. We present a software reference study developing a JPEG encoder from pre-existing software, and an architecture reference study developing an AES block encryption module from scratch in SystemC and SystemVerilog based on a desired architecture. Additionally, we develop micro-benchmarks to demonstrate best-practices in C coding styles that produce high-quality hardware with minimal development effort. Finally, we suggest language, tool, and methodology improvements to improve upon the current state-of-the-art in HLS.
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U2 - 10.1109/ASPDAC.2016.7428014
DO - 10.1109/ASPDAC.2016.7428014
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84996931869
T3 - Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC
SP - 218
EP - 225
BT - 2016 21st Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 25 January 2016 through 28 January 2016
ER -