This paper describes a vision in which future systems consisting of novel hardware and software components are designed and implemented by a single type of professional engineer. That professional has more in common with today's programmer than a hardware designer, although both of these existing bodies of professionals have a strong contribution to make to understanding, defining and bringing about this transformation in product creation.
Index Terms:
FPGA, hardware compilation, hardware synthesis, parallel programming
Citation:
Ian Page, "Design Of Future Systems," date, pp.343, Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE '98), 1998