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HTCC: Haskell to Handel-C Hardware Compiler

HTCC: Haskell to Handel-C Hardware Compiler

Authors :
Issam Damaj
Ahmed B. Ablak
Source :
DSD
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
IEEE, 2016.

Abstract

Functional programming languages, such as Haskell, enable simple, concise, and correct-by-construction hardware development. HTCC compiles a subset of Haskell to Handel-C language with hardware output. Moreover, HTCC generates VHDL, Verilog, EDIF, and SystemC programs. The design of HTCC compiler includes lexical, syntax and semantic analyzers. HTCC automates a transformational derivation methodology to rapidly produce hardware that maps onto Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). HTCC is generated using ANTLR compiler-compiler tool and supports an effective integrated development environment. This paper presents the design rationale and the implementation of HTCC. Several sample generations of first-class and higher-order functions are presented. In-addition, a compilation case-study is presented for the XTEA cipher. The investigation comprises a thorough evaluation and performance analysis. The targeted FPGAs include Cyclone II, Stratix IV, and Virtex-6 from Altera and Xilinx.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
2016 Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD)
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........aa29e305bb4998cbbe53e58e9dbc8870
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/dsd.2016.24