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Sumit Gupta
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Hi all
A book that describes the parallelizing high-level synthesis
methodology used in the SPARK synthesis framework is available now
from Kluwer:
SPARK: A Parallelizing Approach to the High-Level Synthesis of Digital
Circuits
S. Gupta, R.K. Gupta, N.D. Dutt, A. Nicolau,
This book can be ordered directly from Kluwer or from Amazon (it
should be available on Amazon in a few days). Links are at:
http://mesl.ucsd.edu/spark/publications.shtml
Please also note that the SPARK website has moved to :
http://mesl.ucsd.edu/spark
Kluwer will be showcasing and taking orders for the book at DAC as
well.
The publisher's description of the book is:
Rapid advances in microelectronic integration and the advent of
Systems-on-Chip have fueled the need for high-level synthesis, i.e.,
an automated approach to the synthesis of hardware from behavioral
descriptions.
SPARK: A Parallelizing Approach to the High - Level Synthesis of
Digital Circuits presents a novel approach to the high-level synthesis
of digital circuits -- that of parallelizing high-level synthesis
(PHLS). This approach uses aggressive code parallelizing and code
motion techniques to discover circuit optimization opportunities
beyond what is possible with traditional high-level synthesis. This
PHLS approach addresses the problems of the poor quality of synthesis
results and the lack of controllability over the transformations
applied during the high-level synthesis of system descriptions with
complex control flows, that is, with nested conditionals and loops.
Also described are speculative code motion techniques and dynamic
compiler transformations that optimize the circuit quality in terms of
cycle time, circuit size and interconnect costs. We describe the SPARK
parallelizing high-level synthesis framework in which we have
implemented these techniques and demonstrate the utility of SPARK's
PHLS approach using designs derived from multimedia and image
processing applications. We also present a case study of an
instruction length decoder derived from the Intel Pentium-class of
microprocessors. This case study serves as an example of a typical
microprocessor functional block with complex control flow and
demonstrates how our techniques are useful for such designs.
SPARK: A Parallelizing Approach to the High - Level Synthesis of
Digital Circuits is targeted mainly to embedded system designers and
researchers. This includes people working on design and design
automation. The book is useful for researchers and design automation
engineers who wish to understand how the main problems hindering the
adoption of high-level synthesis among designers.
Regards
Sumit
A book that describes the parallelizing high-level synthesis
methodology used in the SPARK synthesis framework is available now
from Kluwer:
SPARK: A Parallelizing Approach to the High-Level Synthesis of Digital
Circuits
S. Gupta, R.K. Gupta, N.D. Dutt, A. Nicolau,
This book can be ordered directly from Kluwer or from Amazon (it
should be available on Amazon in a few days). Links are at:
http://mesl.ucsd.edu/spark/publications.shtml
Please also note that the SPARK website has moved to :
http://mesl.ucsd.edu/spark
Kluwer will be showcasing and taking orders for the book at DAC as
well.
The publisher's description of the book is:
Rapid advances in microelectronic integration and the advent of
Systems-on-Chip have fueled the need for high-level synthesis, i.e.,
an automated approach to the synthesis of hardware from behavioral
descriptions.
SPARK: A Parallelizing Approach to the High - Level Synthesis of
Digital Circuits presents a novel approach to the high-level synthesis
of digital circuits -- that of parallelizing high-level synthesis
(PHLS). This approach uses aggressive code parallelizing and code
motion techniques to discover circuit optimization opportunities
beyond what is possible with traditional high-level synthesis. This
PHLS approach addresses the problems of the poor quality of synthesis
results and the lack of controllability over the transformations
applied during the high-level synthesis of system descriptions with
complex control flows, that is, with nested conditionals and loops.
Also described are speculative code motion techniques and dynamic
compiler transformations that optimize the circuit quality in terms of
cycle time, circuit size and interconnect costs. We describe the SPARK
parallelizing high-level synthesis framework in which we have
implemented these techniques and demonstrate the utility of SPARK's
PHLS approach using designs derived from multimedia and image
processing applications. We also present a case study of an
instruction length decoder derived from the Intel Pentium-class of
microprocessors. This case study serves as an example of a typical
microprocessor functional block with complex control flow and
demonstrates how our techniques are useful for such designs.
SPARK: A Parallelizing Approach to the High - Level Synthesis of
Digital Circuits is targeted mainly to embedded system designers and
researchers. This includes people working on design and design
automation. The book is useful for researchers and design automation
engineers who wish to understand how the main problems hindering the
adoption of high-level synthesis among designers.
Regards
Sumit