Resource driven synthesis in the HYPER system

A global optimization strategy for design synthesis is presented. This strategy, which drives the transformation, allocation, assignment, and scheduling phases of the synthesis process, uses a resource utilization table to estimate the quality of the solution and to select the next step to be taken. The technique is implemented in the HYPER system, a synthesis environment targeted at high-performance real-time systems. The effectiveness of the techniques is demonstrated with a number of examples.<
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