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Chapter 6. Other Design Flows

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• C/C++ –based Design Flows
  • C versus C++ and Concurrent versus Sequential
  • SystemC-based Flows
  • Augmented C/C++-based Flows
  • Pure C/C++-based Flows
  • Different Levels of Synthesis Abstraction
  • Mixed-language Design and Verification Environments
• DSP-based Design Flows
  • Alternative DSP Implementations
• FPGA-centric Design Flows for DSPs
  • Mixed DSP and VHDL/Verilog etc. Environments
• Embedded Processor-based Design Flows
  • Hard versus Soft Cores
  • Partitioning a Design into Its Hardware and Software Components
  • Using an FPGA as Its Own Development Environment
  • Improving Visibility in the Design
  • A Few Coverification Alternatives
• Instant Summary

Definitions

Again we'll start with some basic terms and their ...