The Institute for Computer Systems has a long tradition in creating both hardware and software systems. Typically, these two aspects of system design are treated separately. Modern Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), however, have reduced the gap between hardware and software. Our group's research focuses on tools which make the construction of hardware in the form of FPGA designs a fast and simple process. The systems we have built are used in education and research.

The CAD Tools were written by Prof. N. Wirth, Stephan Gehring, Stefan Ludwig and Marco Sanvido.

Projects

• The Hardware Description Language Lola
• A Digital Circuit Simulator
• The Programmable Logic Device ispGAL22V10
• The Trianus CAD System / The Hades System
• The Concurrent Logic CLi6002 FPGA System
• The Atmel AT6000 FPGA System
• Hardware Compilation