Designing PLDs In The Systems Context

Traditional systems design practices treat PLD design as a separate sub-process that is performed once the system architecture is defined well enough to allow blocks of logic to be partitioned for implementation using PLDs. As PLDs become more complex the overhead associated with handling PLD design as a separate sub-process increases and traditional PLD design methodologies become untenable. PLD design tools therefore need to be integrated within the overall systems design toolset to continue to handle the issues associated with modern systems design.