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Automated Synthesis Fixed-Point RTL Catapult-C
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DATE: May 2006
TITLE: Automated Synthesis of Fixed-Point RTL Using Catapult-C
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TITLE: Automated Synthesis of Fixed-Point RTL Using Catapult-C
Catapult-C is an untimed C++ synthesis tool that is now available
from Mentor Graphics. It promotes fast micro-architecture and
interface "what-if" analysis as well as providing algorithm and
data-path analysis. The tool is intended to enable extensive
design space exploration and produce synthesizable RTL (register
transfer level) hardware description code that meets the original
C++ specifications. Catapult-C automatically replaces floating-
point arithmetic with fixed-point or integer arithmetic to
perform bit-accurate modelling. Simulation speeds using
Catapult-C are up to 200 times faster than those using SystemC.
For additional information, access: Catapult-C
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