Tool-level and hardware-level code optimization and respective hardware modification

Abstract

The present invention related to a method for compiling high-level software code into hardware, transforming each instruction into a respective hardware block and using an execution control signal representing the program pointer for triggering the execution within each respective hardware block.

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         9 . A method for translating high-level software code into a hardware representation, the method comprising:
 analyzing the high-level software code by analyzer software;   splitting the high-level software code into blocks, including mapping a plurality of software instructions of the high-level software code to hardware routines,
 one or more blocks of the plurality of blocks comprising one main routine and at least one subordinate code block, the plurality of blocks being defined by jump and call instructions to code sections or subroutines of the high-level software code, 
 each block of the plurality of blocks having a unique identifier, 
 wherein software instructions in each block are mapped to hardware functions and are arranged in an execution order, at least some of the software instructions in each block configured to execute at least one of concurrently and asynchronously, wherein particular instructions of the software instructions that depend on other instructions of the high-level software code receive input data from results produced by the other instructions, 
 wherein the plurality of blocks are configured such that, upon completion of execution of the software instructions in a respective block, the respective block returns a pointer matching the unique identifier of a next block to execute; and 
   generating the hardware representation based on the plurality of blocks.