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Synthesis is one of the key automation techniques for improving productivity and developing efficient implementations from a design specification. Synthesis refers to the creation of a detailed model or blueprint of the design from an abstract specification, typically a software model of the design. Synthesis takes different forms during different stages of the design process. In hardware system design, several synthesis steps automate various parts of the design process. For instance, physical synthesis automates the placement of transistors and the routing of interconnects from a gate level description, which itself has been created by logic synthesis from a register transfer level (RTL) model. The same principle of translation from higher level model to a lower level model applies to system synthesis.
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Gajski, D.D., Abdi, S., Gerstlauer, A., Schirner, G. (2009). System Synthesis. In: Embedded System Design. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0504-8_4
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