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Automated processor generation system for designing a configurable processor and method for the same

  • US 7,036,106 B1
  • Filed: 02/17/2000
  • Issued: 04/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for designing a configurable processor, the system comprising:

  • hardware generation means for, based on a configuration specification including a predetermined portion and a user-defined portion, generating a description of a hardware implementation of the processor, the predetermined portion specifying a configuration of a core register file, and the user-defined portion specifying whether to include a user-defined register file supporting a freely user-defined data type in the processor in addition to the core register file; and

    software generation means for, based on the configuration specification, generating software development tools specific to the hardware implementation;

    wherein the hardware generation means includes register generation means for, based on the user-defined portion of the configuration specification, generating a description of the user-defined register file separate from and in addition to a description of the core register file in the description of the hardware implementation of the processor; and

    the software generation means is for, based on the user-defined portion, including software related to the user-defined processor register file in the software development tools.

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