Towards a provably correct hardware implementation of Occam

He Jifeng, Ian Page, Jonathan Bowen

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Abstract

This paper shows how to compile a program written in a subset of occam into a normal form suitable for further processing into a netlist of components which may be loaded into a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). A simple state-machine model is adopted for specifying the behaviour of a synchronous circuit where the observable includes the state of the control path and the data path of the circuit. We identify the behaviour of a circuit with a program consisting of a very restricted subset of occam. Algebraic laws are used to facilitate the transformation from a program into a normal form. The compiling specification is presented as a set of theorems that must be proved correct with respect to these laws. A rapid prototype compiler in the form of a logic program may be implemented from these theorems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCorrect Hardware Design and Verification Methods - IFIP WG 10.2 Advanced Research Working Conference CHARME 1993, Proceedings
EditorsGeorge J. Milne, Laurence Pierre
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages214-225
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783540567783
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes
EventAdvanced Research Working Conference on Correct HARdware Design MEthodologies, CHARME 1993 - Arles, France
Duration: 24 May 199326 May 1993

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume683 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceAdvanced Research Working Conference on Correct HARdware Design MEthodologies, CHARME 1993
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityArles
Period24/05/9326/05/93

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