Research Article

Automatic Generation of Optimized and Synthesizable Hardware Implementation from High-Level Dataflow Programs

Table 2

MPEG4 decoder area consumption.

Criterion Transformed design Optimized design

Slice flip flops21,624/135,168 (15%) 13,575/135,168 (10%)
Occupied slices45,574/67,584 (67%) 18,178/67,584 (26%)
4 input LUTs68,962/135,168 (51%) 34,333/135,168 (25%)
FIFO16/RAMB16s14/288 (4%) 14/288 (4%)
Bonded IOBs107/768 (13%) 107/768 (13%)