HardwareParameter
HardwareParameter is a term used in hardware design and related software to denote a parameter that encodes hardware characteristics relevant to a target device or platform. It is used to guide synthesis, simulation, benchmarking, and runtime behavior by representing aspects such as size, performance, or constraints of the hardware.
A HardwareParameter can be fixed at design time or adjustable at build time or run time, depending
Common categories include static vs dynamic, coarse-grained vs fine-grained, and numeric vs categorical. Static parameters are
In hardware description languages, similar concepts appear as generics, parameters, or constants that configure modules or
Applications include design space exploration, automatic hardware/software co-design, and adaptive runtime systems. Properly defined hardware parameters
See also: Parameter; Hardware description language; IP core; Device profile; Configuration management.