High level synthesis based on formal methods

Grass, Werner; Mutz, Matthias; Tiedemann, Wolf-Dieter

doi:10.1109/eurmic.1994.390403

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“…The industrial interest in the application of formal methods to the design of complex ASICs is noteworthy. Design methodologies have been proposed ( [8], [15], [16], [17], [18], [23], [24]) and commercial tools are now available ( [9], [19]) to partially support the design practice with the power of formal reasoning. In this paper we focus on the application of high-level formal based synthesis ( [3], [14]), that aims at improving the management of the first phases of the design process, addressing both the specification phase and the following partitioning steps at the architectural and/or scheduling/allocation levels.…”

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Quantitative evaluation of formal based synthesis in ASIC design

Bezzi

Bombana

Cavalloro

et al. 1995

Theorem Provers in Circuit Design

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Formal based synthesis allows design space exploration to identify optimized implementations conforming to the initial abstract specification. We propose to exploit the synergies between formal synthesis (at high level of abstraction) and logic synthesis (at lower levels of abstraction). In this way a twofold goal is reached: quantitative figures are provided as a measureofthe applicability of formal reasoning in the design process, and the good integration of the two phases in a unified design flow is demonstrated. Users' benefits include both improved quality of the design process (reduced time-to-market) and improved reliability of the final products (increased competitive profile).

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quantitative evaluation of formal based synthesis in ASIC design

Bezzi

Bombana

Cavalloro

et al. 1995

Theorem Provers in Circuit Design

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“…[Busc92] and [BaFr96] present reimplementations of the Veritas formal synthesis approach for different theorem provers (LAMBDA and ISABELLE, respectively). Other research activities have been started by [GrMT94], [Wang92] or [Lars95]. They all have one thing in common: they are based on some calculus, i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%