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Previous work on system level synthesis has focused mainly on fine-grain hardware/software partitioning. Examples include VULCAN II [GM92] and COSYMA [EHB93]. These programs automatically partition the input specification into basic blocks (or fine-grain operations) and move the basic blocks to hardware or software components while satisfying the given constraints. The resulting fine-grain partitioning may, however, move logically coherent blocks across different parts or put logically unrelated blocks in the same part. In addition, the resulting partitioning creates an implementation which is very different from the initial specification, and hence, is not convenient for human designers to debug and/or improve upon.
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Chang, JM., Pedram, M. (1999). Co-Design of Communicating Systems. In: Power Optimization and Synthesis at Behavioral and System Levels Using Formal Methods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5199-7_5
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