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Liquid Metal project, Lime language: Java for FPGA co-processors

[corrected link, apologies] Liquid Metal, Lime:

We introduce Lime, a new Object-Oriented language that can be compiled for the JVM or into a synthesizable hardware description language. Lime extends Java with features that provide a way to carry OO concepts into efficient hardware. We detail an end-to-end system from the language down to hardware synthesis and demonstrate a Lime program running on both a conventional processor and in an FPGA.

By raould at 2008-11-06 01:35 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 10276 reads

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Bad link?

The link goes to a page about the Propellor chip. The paper is here.

By johnwcowan at Thu, 2008-11-06 05:05 | login or register to post comments

Liquid Metal Project website

Here is the Lime project website, with one more publication, and an introduction to the goals of the project.

By Martin Bravenboer at Thu, 2008-11-06 15:48 | login or register to post comments

thanks for the pointer

The goal of the Liquid Metal project is to create a single unified programming language and environment in which portions of a system can be fluidly moved between hardware and software. Furthermore, we wish to do so dynamically and adaptively, in effect "JITting the hardware".

By raould at Thu, 2008-11-06 23:42 | login or register to post comments

for my next trick

i'll learn about unit testing.

By raould at Thu, 2008-11-06 23:40 | login or register to post comments