Bluespec: A language for hardware design, simulation, synthesis and verification Invited Talk

Bluespec has an execution model based on atomic actions.This model is quite different from traditional hardwaredescription languages like Verilog, VHDL and SystemC.Its also different from software languages like C andJava. Bluespec is based on research at MIT in using TermRewriting Systems (TRS) for hardware descriptions and wasdeveloped into an industrial strength language and compilerby the Sandburst Corporation. Bluespec, because ofits execution model, strong typing, and object orientation,can raise the level of hardware design significantly withoutcompromising the ability to synthesize efficient hardware.In this talk I will outline how and why Bluespec improvesthe chip design process by giving examples from microprocessorand other complex chips.