Top High-Level Synthesis Stories of 2009

The new year is already a couple of days old, but I guess we’re still allowed to take one last look at 2009 - the year which saw the birth of this now not so small blog. “French Fries and High-Level Synthesis” was launched at the end of June of 2009, a couple of days before the announcement of Catapult C’s new control-logic and low-power synthesis capabilities. If admittedly I didn’t write much about French fries, you seemed to take a lot of interest in the various High-Level Synthesis topics covered here. But which posts got most views? I thought you’d be interested in knowing too… So here is the 2009 “Top 3″ of “French Fries and High-Level Synthesis”.

• #1 SystemC, Ten Years Later…

Yep, SystemC and OSCI are already ten years old! This post looks at survey results on the usage of SystemC and cross-checks the data with Gary Smith’s recent market findings. While SystemC seems to have found its purpose with TLM, there’s still a lot to say about it when it comes to High-Level Synthesis. I guess this will give plenty of blogging opportunities…

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• #2 User Interview: Designing a Set-Top-Box IP with Catapult C

In this Q&A session, Texas Instrument’s Karl Renner discussed his Audio/Video Modulator application and he used Catapult C to design it. Seeing this post in this “Top 3″ shows your interest for practical examples and user stories. Stay tuned for more like this!

• #3 Synthesizing parallel designs from sequential C++

This 3 part series kicked-off before DAC and gave a technical overview of key HLS concepts. Using simple examples the series explained how indeed sequential programs in C++ can be parallelized to produce optimal hardware.

This “Top 3″ is a very nice reflection of 2009 and the significant uptake in interest for HLS throughout the year. The high-level synthesis journey is a most exciting one: thanks for following it through this (b)log.

Happy New Year!

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