The process of employing the MacPitts silicon compiler to design an 8-bit pipelined digital multiplier is presented, and the resulting design is evaluated.
Abstract : The concept and application of silicon compilers is described. The process of employing the MacPitts silicon compiler to design an 8-bit pipelined digital multiplier is presented, and the resulting design is evaluated. The process of installing and debugging the MacPitts compiler and the Caesar VLSI graphics editor on the VAX 11/780 computing facilities at NPS is documented in appendices. (Author)