Object-oriented domain specific compilers for programming FPGAs

• Published in: IEEE transactions on very large scale integration (VLSI) systems Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 205 - 210
• Main Authors: Mencer, O., Platzner, M., Morf, M., Flynn, M.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.02.2001; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Acceleration; Circuits; Compilers; Design automation; Design engineering; Design methodology; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Object oriented; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Program processors; Programming; Programming profession; Streams; Very large scale integration

Simplifying the programming models is paramount to the success of reconfigurable computing with field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This paper presents a methodology to combine true object-oriented design of the compiler/CAD tool with an object-oriented hardware design methodology in C++. The re...