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A C-based synthesis system, Bach, and its application (invited talk)

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Akihisa Yamada,

Koichi Nishida,

Kazuhisa Okada,

Mitsuhisa Ohnishi,

Toshio NomuraAuthors Info & Claims

ASP-DAC '01: Proceedings of the 2001 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference

Pages 151 - 155

https://doi.org/10.1145/370155.370309

Published: 30 January 2001 Publication History

Abstract

In system LSI design, a desirable system is one that allows the designer to describe, partition, and verify systems, and to generate circuits efficiently. In this paper, we describe a C-based system LSI design system called Bach which we have developed. Using the example of an MEPG-4 video codec design, we summarize its design flow, effects and current issues.

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