System exploration and synthesis from SDL of an ATM switch component

• We describe the complete hardware synthesis of an ATM switch component, characterized by concurrent and dynamic processes, very high bit-rate data streams, and intensive data storage and transfer. The methodology used to synthesize it bridges the gap between an SDL system specification and an optimized single-chip implementation of communicating hardware processors, that satisfies stringent constraints on area, performance, and power. The novelty of this methodology is that through stepwise exploration, and gradual incorporation of timing constraints, it supports new optimization methods in view of memory and concurrency management, and expensive late iterations are avoided

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

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ATM switch component;SDL system specification;concurrency management;hardware synthesis;intensive data storage;memory management;object-oriented language;optimization methods;stepwise exploration;system exploration;system synthesis;timing constraints;very high bit-rate data streams;application specific integrated circuits;asynchronous transfer mode;circuit CAD;digital integrated circuits;electronic switching systems;high level synthesis;integrated circuit design;specification languages;storage management;telecommunication computing;timing

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