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ECL is a system design language suitable for heterogeneous, reactive systems, but there are no tools to directly compile the data-flow parts into hardware. In this paper, we propose several approaches to synthesizing these parts into hardware without extending the language. As a consequence, the resulting environment enables a true HW/SW codesign for small and medium-size systems.
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Partial funding provided by MCYT grant TIC2001-2508.
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Ribas, L., Saiz, J. (2004). On Hardware Description in ECL. In: Grimm, C. (eds) Languages for System Specification. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7991-5_10
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