Högnivåsyntesverktyg
Högnivåsyntesverktyg, often abbreviated as HLS, are specialized software tools used in electronic design automation (EDA). They enable engineers to design complex hardware systems, particularly for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), using high-level programming languages such as C, C++, or SystemC. Traditionally, hardware design involved writing intricate descriptions in hardware description languages (HDLs) like Verilog or VHDL, which are low-level and time-consuming to manage. HLS tools bridge this gap by allowing designers to express their algorithms and functionalities in a more abstract, software-like manner.
The core functionality of an HLS tool is to automatically translate these high-level descriptions into equivalent