Hardware/Software Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction

Temporal vs. spatial thinking
• After synthesis
– “describe-and-synthesize” era
– Designers work primarily in behavioral domain
– “describe and synthesize” era
• Describe FSMDs or sequential programs
• Synthesize into structure
– Temporal thinking
• States or sequential statements have relationship over time
• Strong understanding of hardware structure still important
– Behavioral description must synthesize to efficient structural
implementation
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