Application-Driven Architecture Synthesis

✍ Scribed by Francky Catthoor, Lars Svensson, Klaus Wölcken (auth.), Francky Catthoor, Lars Svensson (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 250
• Series: The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science 228
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Application-Driven Architecture Synthesis describes the state of the art of architectural synthesis for complex real-time processing.
In order to deal with the stringent timing requirements and the intricacies of complex real-time signal and data processing, target architecture styles and target application domains have been adopted to make the synthesis approach feasible. These approaches are also heavily application-driven, which is illustrated by many realistic demonstrations, used as examples in the book.
The focus is on domains where application-specific solutions are attractive, such as significant parts of audio, telecom, instrumentation, speech, robotics, medical and automotive processing, image and video processing, TV, multi-media, radar, sonar.
Application-Driven Architecture Synthesis is of interest to both academics and senior design engineers and CAD managers in industry. It provides an excellent overview of what capabilities to expect from future practical design tools, and includes an extensive bibliography.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Application-Driven Synthesis Methodologies for Real-Time Processor Architectures....Pages 1-22
Behavioral Specification for Synthesis....Pages 23-45
Formal Methods for Solving the Algebraic Path Problem....Pages 47-69
HIFI: From Parallel Algorithm to Fixed-Size VLSI Processor Array....Pages 71-94
On the Design of Two-Level Pipelined Processor Arrays....Pages 95-118
Regular Array Synthesis for Image and Video Applications....Pages 119-142
Memory and Data-Path Mapping for Image and Video Applications....Pages 143-165
Automatic Synthesis for Mechatronic Applications....Pages 167-190
Synthesis for Control-Flow-Dominated Machines....Pages 191-210
Controller Synthesis and Verification....Pages 211-232
Back Matter....Pages 233-238

✦ Subjects

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design; Electrical Engineering; Processor Architectures