What is High-Level Synthesis?
What is High-Level Synthesis?
"... the system to be designed is usually represented at the algorithmic level by a programming language like Pascal or Ada, or by an HDL that is similar to a programming language...." (e.g. ISPS, DSL, MIMOLA, VHDL Behavior)
"...most high-level synthesis systems use procedural languages... "
McFarland, et. al., Proc. IEEE, February 1990.
VLSI ‘91, Edinburgh