Conversion of algorithms to custom integrated circuit devices

This project is devoted to the development of computer-aided design techniques at a fundamental and basic level for the creation of high-performance custom integrated circuits to be used for digital signal processing. The project takes a fundamental point of view in considering the design process to consist of a set of transformations between abstract representations at various levels. There are five major of the work. First, research on specification languages that characterize the functionality of the algorithm to be performed by the chip are considered. The second focus is on architectural exploration, whereby architectures derived from the input functional specification can be modified without any possibility of changing the desired input functionality. In the third area, we have focused on techniques for generation and composition of cells. The fourth area of emphasis is the characterization and generation of optimum circuit performance. Finally, attention was focused on the design and construction of special architectures for computer aided design. The report describes these activities in detail and unifies them together in an overall perspective of computer aided design for high performance digital signal processing applications.