IP reuse has reduced the urgency for a higher level of abstraction in complex system-level design, but that still could change. Chip designers have been constantly searching for a hardware description ...
Transaction level modeling (TLM) is gaining favor over register-transfer level (RTL) for design components because of its many advantages—including faster design and verification times, easier ...
High-level synthesis is getting yet another chance to shine, this time from new markets and new technology nodes. But it’s still unclear how fully this technology will be used. Despite gains, it ...