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IBM’s ALERT system was one of the first high-level synthesis systems, and included scheduling, data path synthesis, and structural transformations. The output was a Register-Transfer level design, specified in terms of Boolean equations.
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Theodore D. Friedman and Sih-Chin Yang, “Quality of Designs from an Automatic Logic Generator (ALERT)”, Proc. of the 7th Design Automation Workshop, pages 71–89, June 1970.
Theodore D. Friedman and Sih-Chin Yang, “Methods Used in an Automatic Logic Design Generator (ALERT)”, IEEE Trans. on Computers, pages 593–614, July 1969.
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Walker, R.A., Camposano, R. (1991). IBM’s ALERT System. In: Walker, R.A., Camposano, R. (eds) A Survey of High-Level Synthesis Systems. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 135. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3968-1_15
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