Translating Timing into an Architecture: The Synergy of COTSon and HLS (Domain Expertise—Designing a Computer Architecture via HLS)

Figure 3

The relation between the higher level MYDSE description, the COTSon configuration file, and the final HLS translation: At the higher level, we specify the parameters in a compact way (level 2 architecture description), and we can indicate several instances of such parameters so that MYDSE can generate the design space points to be explored. In the COTSon configuration (level 1), the MYDSE points will be automatically mapped to the parameter of the corresponding architectural element (bottom part of the figure: the “next” field specifies the position in the architecture tree, WB means write-back, and WT is the write-through policy). Finally, the architecture description is mapped manually from COTSon description to HLS (level 0).