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| ASIC 	|| Application Specific Integrated Circuit    | | ASIC 	|| Application Specific Integrated Circuit    | ||
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| − | | ASM 	|| Abstract State Machines    | + | | ASM 	|| Abstract State Machines  | 
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| + | | BFM   || Bus Functional Model   | ||
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| CDFG 	|| Control Data Flow Graph    | | CDFG 	|| Control Data Flow Graph    | ||
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| HW 	|| Hardware    | | HW 	|| Hardware    | ||
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| + | | ICE   || In Circuit Emulator  | ||
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| IEEE 	|| Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.    | | IEEE 	|| Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.    | ||
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| IP (core) 	|| Intellectual Property (core), synonymous with Virtual Component (VC)    | | IP (core) 	|| Intellectual Property (core), synonymous with Virtual Component (VC)    | ||
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| − | | IPC || Inter Process Communication  | + | | IPC   || Inter Process Communication  | 
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| ISA (model) 	|| Instruction Set Architecture (model)    | | ISA (model) 	|| Instruction Set Architecture (model)    | ||
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| Synopsys VSS || Synopsys VHDL System Simulator  | | Synopsys VSS || Synopsys VHDL System Simulator  | ||
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| + | | UCF   || User Constraint File  | ||
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| UML 	|| Universal Modeling Language    | | UML 	|| Universal Modeling Language    | ||
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| − | | VCI || VHDL-C Interface  | + | | VCI   || VHDL-C Interface  | 
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| VHDL 	|| Very high speed Hardware Description Language    | | VHDL 	|| Very high speed Hardware Description Language    | ||
Latest revision as of 21:52, 20 April 2010
| ACM | Adaptive Computing Machine | 
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit | 
| ASM | Abstract State Machines | 
| BFM | Bus Functional Model | 
| CDFG | Control Data Flow Graph | 
| CLB | Configurable Logic Block (of FPGA) | 
| CSP | Communicating Sequential Processes | 
| DSM | Deep SubMicron | 
| DSP | Digital Signal Processor | 
| EDA | Electronic Design Automation | 
| ESL | Electronic System Level | 
| Firm core | (or semi-hard core) IP-s carrying placement data but configurable for various applications | 
| FPGA | Field Programmable Gate Array | 
| Hard core | Physical manifestations of the IP design | 
| HLS | High Level Synthesis | 
| HSCO | Hardware-Software Co-Design | 
| HW | Hardware | 
| ICE | In Circuit Emulator | 
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. | 
| IP (core) | Intellectual Property (core), synonymous with Virtual Component (VC) | 
| IPC | Inter Process Communication | 
| ISA (model) | Instruction Set Architecture (model) | 
| LRM | Language Reference Manual | 
| netlist | A list of logic gates and associated interconnections making up an integrated circuit | 
| NoC | Network-on-Chip | 
| PCB | Printed Circuit Board | 
| RTL | Register-Transfer Level | 
| SDL | Specification and Description Language, standardized by ITU (International Telecommunication Union) | 
| SLB | System Level Block | 
| SoC | System-on-Chip | 
| Soft core | IP presented as a netlist or HDL code | 
| SW | Software | 
| Synopsys VCS | Synopsys Verilog Simulator | 
| Synopsys VSS | Synopsys VHDL System Simulator | 
| UCF | User Constraint File | 
| UML | Universal Modeling Language | 
| VCI | VHDL-C Interface | 
| VHDL | Very high speed Hardware Description Language | 
| VITAL | VHDL Initiative Toward ASIC Libraries | 
| VLIW | Very Long Instruction Word (processor) | 
| VLSI | Very Large Scale Integration (Integrated Circuit) | 
| VSIA | Virtual Socket Initiative Alliance | 
| XPP | eXtreme Processing Platform of PACT |