rewards of this technology, which brings increased productivity, improved design quality, and faster time to market. This book gives a designer's-eye view of this exciting new EDA technology. The first six chapters provide a detailed description of what goes on under the hood of an industrial-strength behavioral synthesis product, the Synopsys Behavioral Compiler, with copious notes and tips on how to use this knowledge to get the most out of this powerful new tool. * Introduction to the behavioral design flow * Behavioral synthesis representations and processes * Writing HDL descriptions for behavioral synthesis * Managing I/O timing * Behavioral Compiler commands and options * Interpreting error messages The next five chapters provide detailed case studies, representing a variety of design problems: * IIR and FIR filters * Video compression and translation from C to HDLs * Data encryption * Packet routing The examples are given in both VHDL and Verilog. Machine-readable versions, along with complete synthesis reports, are provided on the accompanying diskette (requires Syopsys Behavioral Compiler to synthesize).

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