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Logic Synthesis

Logic Synthesis is the automated conversion of high-level hardware descriptions (RTL in Verilog/VHDL) into optimized gate-level netlists. Pioneered by Brayton et al. at UC Berkeley in the 1980s-1990s, logic synthesis transforms behavioral specifications into physical implementations, optimizing for area, speed, and power. Synthesis is essential to modern digital design, enabling rapid iteration and automation of the most tedious manual tasks.

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Logic Synthesis for Digital Circuit Design
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / electrical-engineering
  • Brayton, R. K., Hachtel, G. D., McMullin, C. T., Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, A. L., & Vincentelli, A. S. (1987). Logic Synthesis for VLSI Design. Kluwer Academic. · URL
  • Mishchenko, A., Chatterjee, S., Brayton, R., & Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, A. L. (2006). DAG-aware AIG rewriting. In Proc. DAC (pp. 713-718). ACM. · URL
  • Berkeley, S. (1995). SIS: A system for sequential circuit synthesis. Technical Report UCB/ERL M95/55, UC Berkeley. · URL
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