The Challenges of Synthesizing Hardware from C-Like Languages

The Challenges of Synthesizing Hardware from C-Like Languages (2006)

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by Stephen A. Edwards

Venue:	IEEE Design & Test
Citations:	23 - 1 self

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@ARTICLE{Edwards06thechallenges,
    author = {Stephen A. Edwards},
    title = {The Challenges of Synthesizing Hardware from C-Like Languages},
    journal = {IEEE Design & Test},
    year = {2006},
    volume = {23},
    pages = {2006}
}

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Abstract

This article presents one side of an ongoing debate on the appropriateness of C-like languages as hardware description languages. The article examines various features of C and their mapping to hardware, and makes a cogent argument that vanilla C is not the right language for hardware description if synthesis is the goal. —Sandeep K. Shukla, Virginia Polytechnic and State University THE MAIN REASON people have proposed C-like languages for hardware synthesis is familiarity. Proponents claim that by synthesizing hardware from C, we can effectively turn every C programmer into a hardware designer. Another common motivation is hardware-software codesign: Designers often implement today’s systems as a mix of hardware and software, and it’s often unclear at the outset which portions can be hardware and which can be software. The claim is that using a single language

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