High Level Synthesis of Pipelined Datapaths

Preface.
Introduction.
The Elementary Operation Graph (EOG).
Reducing the Restarting Period.
Synchronization.
Examples for Applying the Algorithms RESTART and SYNC.
Scheduling as Arrangement of Synchronizing Delay Effects.
Allocation.

Combinatorial and Asynchronous Operations.
Multiple-Process Recursive Loops.
Control Principles.
Scheduling Methods.
Examples for Comparison of the Scheduling Algorithms.
The Design Tool PIPE.
Effective Graph Generation.
System-Level Synthesis Principles.
Solved Problems.
Further Reading.
Glossary.
References.
Index.