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HARPA: A hierarchical multi-level hardware description language

Published: 25 June 1984 Publication History

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In this paper, a new hardware description language -HARPA- is presented which was specially designed to permit the description of hierarchically structured digital systems at different levels of abstraction. The system building modules can be represented in terms of their structure, their behavior or a combination of both, as appropriate. A set of data types is provided which is adequate to characterize the data handling entities utilized at the various levels. Conversion mechanisms exist that facilitate the interfacing of blocks. The language is used as input medium for a multi-level simulator for verification of hierarchical designs.

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  • (1991)A case against event-driven simulation for digital system designACM SIGSIM Simulation Digest10.1145/106073.30685521:3(170-176)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1991

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DAC '84: Proceedings of the 21st Design Automation Conference
June 1984
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  • (1991)A case against event-driven simulation for digital system designProceedings of the 24th annual symposium on Simulation10.5555/306792.306855(170-176)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1991
  • (1991)A case against event-driven simulation for digital system designACM SIGSIM Simulation Digest10.1145/106073.30685521:3(170-176)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1991

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