Hardware Synthesis from Multicycle Rules

Enabling scheduling of single cycle as well as scheduling multi-cycle rules in a synchronous digital system whose behavior is governed by an asynchronous system specification (e.g., a TRS) provides a way to allow complex actions at state transitions of the asynchronous system without requiring that the complex actions be synthesized in logic that must be performed in a single clock cycle. For example, a relatively infrequent action may include a critical timing path that determines the maximum clock frequency of the system. By allowing that infrequent action to take multiple clock cycles, even if that action takes more absolute time, other actions may take less absolute time by virtue of being able to operate the synchronous system at a higher clock rate. The overall system may then operate more quickly (e.g., as measured by the average number of rules applied per unit of absolute time).

Researchers

Muralidaran Vijayaraghavan / Michal Karczmarek / Arvind Mithal

Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials: Catalysis & Synthesis / Computer Science: Networking & Signals / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment
Impact Areas: Connected World

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