Synthesis of customised hardware from ADA

Tools which permit the synthesis of hardware from high-level specifications are vital for reliable design on an acceptable timescale, and are opening up exciting possibilities in the use of custom coprocessors, rapid prototyping and the design of flexible mixed hardware-software systems. We are exploring a method for the translation of standard ADA code into hardware, by compiling ADA into a standard HDL format which can be synthesised by existing commercial packages. This paper sets out our approach of using an Intermediate Table Format (ITF) for high-level transformations and compilation into synthesisable HDL code.<>