Algorithmic synthesis using Python compiler

Radoslaw Cieszewski; Ryszard Romaniuk; Krzysztof Pozniak; Maciej Linczuk

doi:10.1117/12.2205609

11 September 2015 Algorithmic synthesis using Python compiler

Radoslaw Cieszewski, Ryszard Romaniuk, Krzysztof Pozniak, Maciej Linczuk

Proceedings Volume 9662, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2015; 96623J (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2205609
Event: XXXVI Symposium on Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments (Wilga 2015), 2015, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

This paper presents a python to VHDL compiler. The compiler interprets an algorithmic description of a desired behavior written in Python and translate it to VHDL. FPGA combines many benefits of both software and ASIC implementations. Like software, the programmed circuit is flexible, and can be reconfigured over the lifetime of the system. FPGAs have the potential to achieve far greater performance than software as a result of bypassing the fetch-decode-execute operations of traditional processors, and possibly exploiting a greater level of parallelism. This can be achieved by using many computational resources at the same time. Creating parallel programs implemented in FPGAs in pure HDL is difficult and time consuming. Using higher level of abstraction and High-Level Synthesis compiler implementation time can be reduced. The compiler has been implemented using the Python language. This article describes design, implementation and results of created tools.

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Radoslaw Cieszewski, Ryszard Romaniuk, Krzysztof Pozniak, and Maciej Linczuk "Algorithmic synthesis using Python compiler", Proc. SPIE 9662, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2015, 96623J (11 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2205609

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