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Register-transfer level

In digital circuit design, register-transfer level (RTL) is a design abstraction which models a synchronous digital circuit in terms of the flow of digital signals (data) between hardware registers, and the logical operations performed on those signals.

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RTL description

RTL in the circuit design cycle

Power estimation techniques for RTL

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Register-transfer level → intermediate representation and at the lowest level

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and multi-bit registers are availableinstance ofconstructs0.80text
if-then-elseinstance ofand describes the combinational logic by using constructs that are familiar from programming languages0.80text
arithmetic operationsinstance ofand describes the combinational logic by using constructs that are familiar from programming languages0.80text
countersinstance ofIdentify the functional blocks0.80text
decodersinstance ofIdentify the functional blocks0.80text
multipliersinstance ofIdentify the functional blocks0.80text
memoriesinstance ofIdentify the functional blocks0.80text
etc.Assign a complexity in terms of gate equivalentsinstance ofIdentify the functional blocks0.80text
logicinstance ofThis approach is slightly better than the previous approach as it takes into account customized estimation techniques to the different types of functional blocks thus trying to…0.80text

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