High-Level Synthesis: Past, Present, and Future

High-level synthesis (HLS) is essential to map the high-level language (HLL) description (e.g., in C/C++) of hardware design to the corresponding Register Transfer Level (RTL) to produce hardware-independent design specifications with reduced design ...

The importance of effective and efficient accounting of layout effects is well-established in high-level synthesis (HLS), since it allows more realistic exploration of the design space and the generation of solutions with predictable metrics. This ...

Editor's note:High-level synthesis raises the design abstraction level and allows rapid generation of optimized RTL hardware for performance, area, and power requirements. This article gives an overview of state-of-the-art HLS techniques and tools.—Tim ...