Partitioning of VLSI systems from a high-level specification

T.B Ismail (1) , G.F. Marchioro (1) , A.A. Jerraya (1)

1 TIMA - Techniques de l'Informatique et de la Microélectronique pour l'Architecture des systèmes intégrés

This paper presents a new method for behavioural partitioning at the system level. The method is based on an extended finite state machine model. Partitioning is achieved through the use of five system-level primitives: Move, Merge, Split, Cut and Map. The result of the partitioning is a set of interconnected sub-systems. Partitioning is done interactively by successive application of these primitives. This allows an interactive exploration of the solution space. The partitioning tool has been implemented with a graphical interface and could be used even with on-line commands

Mots clés: high-level-specification; behavioural-partitioning; finite-state-machine; Move-; Merge-; Split-; Cut-; Map-

Domaines: Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

T.B Ismail, G.F. Marchioro, A.A. Jerraya. Partitioning of VLSI systems from a high-level specification. Revue des Sciences et Technologies de l'Information - Série TSI : Technique et Science Informatiques, 1996, Vol.15 N° 8/1996, pp.1131-65. ⟨hal-00008120⟩