Architectural synthesis of finite impulse response digital filters

A system for developing digital fillers at a higher level of abstraction than any currently in use is presented. Based on the principle that architectural tradeoffs can be quantified and thus automated, the synthesizer can determine the architecture that best suits the application, allowing unprecedented productivity by engineers while producing high quality circuits. Comparisons are made between filters generated with architectural synthesis and those hand coded and synthesized with the Synopsys module compiler and others made using common platforms.