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The aim of this paper is to introduce a novel technique for synthesis of speed-independent circuits from their Signal Transition Graph specifications. The new method uses partial order in the form of the STG-unfolding segment to derive the logic implementation. It is based on a new notion of slice, which localises the behaviour of a particular signal instance in a structural fragment of the segment. Two approaches are explained in this paper: exact and approximation. Within the approximation approach two strategies for cover derivation are considered. The method is applied to synthesis in three main implementation architectures. The experimental results show the power of the approximation approach in comparison with the existing methods.
Author(s): Semenov A, Yakovlev A, Pastor E, Pena MA, Cortadella J, Lavagno L
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series
Year: 1997
Pages: 24
Print publication date: 01/01/1997
Source Publication Date: 1997
Report Number: 566
Institution: Department of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne
URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/566.pdf