PHDL : a Python Hardware Design framework

is thesis presents PHDL, a new hardware design language (HDL). In PHDL digital hardware components can vary in input/output widths, target platform, and have optional inputs and outputs. PHDL enables developers to write software to make intelligent compile time decisions far beyond the capabilities of current HDLs. e approach taken is to build PHDL on the Python scripting language and to build a component library suciently large to design a microprocessor. As an example a microprocessor is designed in PHDL to show the practicality of the language. e example shows that on average designs can be written with less complexity than a corresponding Verilog implementation, while achieving better portability and platform specific optimizations.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Mashtizadeh, Ali

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Steve Ward.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41543

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/41543