Glossary

ACM	Adaptive Computing Machine
ASIC	Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASM	Abstract State Machines
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
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
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