An Automated Design Flow for Low-Power, High-Throughput, Dedicated Signal Processing Systems

W. Rhett Davis, Ning Zhang, Kevin Camera, Dejan Markovic, Tina Smilkstein, Nathan Chan, M. Josie Ammer, Engling Yeo, Borivoje Nikolic, Robert W. Brodersen

Asilomar Conference for Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 4-7, 2001, Pacific Grove, CA

A system-level perspective of a hierarchical automated design flow for low-energy direct-mapped signal processing integrated circuits is presented. Capturing design decisions in a dataflow graph allows push-button automation of layout and performance estimation. A detailed example of the design process for a DSSS TDMA baseband receiver is presented.

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