After long years of work that have seen little industrial application, high-level synthesis is finally on the verge of becoming a practical tool. In Part I, a short tutorial explains the basic concepts used in high-level synthesis, and follows an example design throughout the synthesis process.

I — Introduction to High-Level Synthesis.- to High-Level Synthesis.- II— Survey of High-Level Synthesis Systems.- AT&T’s Algorithms to Silicon Project.- AT&T’s Bridge System.- AT&T’s CHARM System.- Carleton’s Elf System.- Carleton’s HAL System.- Carnegie Mellon’s (First) CMU-DA System.- Carnegie Mellon’s (Second) CMU-DA System.- Carnegie Mellon’s System Architect’s Workbench.- Carnegie Mellon’s Facet/Emerald System.- Case Western’s ADPS System.- Eindhoven Univ. of Technology’s System.- GE’s FACE/PISYN System.- Honeywell’s V-Synth System.- IBM’s ALERT System.- IBM’s HIS System.- IBM’s V Compiler.- IBM’s Yorktown Silicon Compiler.- IIT Delhi’s Synthesis System.- IMEC’s CATHEDRAL-II System.- IMEC’s CATHEDRAL-2nd System.- IMEC’s CATHEDRAL-III System.- Linköping University’s CAMAD System.- NTT’s HARP System.- Philips’ PIRAMID System.- Siemens’ Synthesis System.- Stanford’s Flamel System.- Stanford’s Olympus System.- Tsing Hua University’s ALPS/LYRA/ARYL System.- Univ. of California at Berkeley’s HYPER System.- Univ. of California at Berkeley’s Synthesis System.- Univ. of California at Irvine’s VSS.- Univ. of Illinois’ Chippe/Slicer/Splicer System.- Univ. of Illinois’ IBA System.- Univ. of Karlsruhe’s DSL Synthesis System/CADDY System.- Univ. of Kiel’s MIMOLA System.- Univ. of Paderborn’s PARBUS System.- Univ. of Southern California’s ADAM System.- Univ. of Texas at Austin’s DAGAR System.- Univ. of Waterloo’s CATREE System.- Univ. of Waterloo’s VLSI CAD Tools.

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