Hardware Reuse at the Behavioral Level

Standard interfaces for hardware reuse are currently de ned at the structural level. In contrast to this, our contribution de nes the reuse interface at the behavioral registertransfer RT level. This promotes direct reuse of functionality and avoids the integration problems of structural reuse. We present an object oriented reuse interface in C++ and show the use of it within two real-life designs.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: DAC
• Authors: Patrick Schaumont, Radim Cmar, Serge Vernalde, Marc Engels, Ivo Bolsens
• Keywords: Computer Architecture, DAC 1999, Hardware Reuse, Reuse, Reuse Interface