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Complete nonsense. First, a synthesizable MyHDL description is at exactly the same abstraction level as a synthesizable Verilog/VHDL description. This paradigm is the basis for the standard, successful industrial flow. This is what real hardware designers do and it is not HLS.

In sharp contrast to what you suggest, logic generation is not the main hardware design problem. And the fact that you think you can beat RTL synthesis by "generating" or "constructing" the logic itself proves one thing: you don't have the slightest idea of the real power of RTL synthesis.

The main problem with hardware design is verification. VERIFICATION. And for that reason, HDLs should not be limited a "fully synthesizable" subuset, but support powerful modeling concepts in the first place. And so far, nothing beats the event-driven paradigm for that purpopse.



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