探索汉字图形化表示法加快逻辑设计和细化硬件EDA流程
Speeding-up Logic Design and Refining Hardware EDA Flow by Exploring Chinese Character based Graphical Representation
摘要：
电子设计自动化（EDA）技术对计算机硬件设计产生了深刻的影响，特别是在超大规模集成（VLSI）电路领域。特别是，FPGA，ASIC和SOC应用的普及已经急剧增加，由于发达的EDA工具链。几十年来，提高EDA工具的功能性、效率、准确性和智能性不仅是学术界的研究热点，也是业界的尝试目标。本文从一个新的角度对当前主流的EDA工作流程和设计方法进行了回顾，旨在缩短EDA设计周期，大大简化逻辑设计负担。具体而言，有三个主要贡献。首先，提出了一个用于表示逻辑抽象语法树的基于汉字的表示系统（CCRS）。其次，采用寄存器传输级（RTL）符号描述技术代替传统的基于文本的编程方法。最后，讨论了基于CCRS的EDA精细化设计流程。基于图形化非纯英文的EDA流程可以降低设计成本和复杂度。作为这一新领域的基础性尝试，可以肯定的是，后续的大量工作将促进相关EDA技术的发展。
英文摘要：
Electrical design automation (EDA) techniques have deeply influenced the computer hardware design, especially in the field of very large scale Integration (VLSI) circuits. Particularly, the popularity of FPGA, ASIC and SOC applications have been dramatically increased due to the well developed EDA tool chains. Over decades, improving EDA tool in terms of functionality, efficiency, accuracy and intelligence is not only the academic research hot spot, but the industry attempting goal as well. In this paper, a novel perspective is taken to review current mainstream EDA working flow and design methods, aiming to shorten the EDA design periods and simplify the logic design overload significantly. Specifically, three major contributions are devoted. First, a Chinese character based representation system (CCRS), which is used for presenting logical abstract syntax tree, is proposed. Second, the register-transfer-level (RTL) level symbolic description technique for CCRS are introduced to replace traditional text-based programming methods. Finally, the refined EDA design flow based on CCRS is discussed. It is convincing that the graphic non-pure-english based EDA flow could lower the design cost and complexity. As a fundamental trial in this new field, it is confirmative that a lot of following works will make the related EDA development prosperous.
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