Fixify: A Toolset for Automated Floating-point to Fixed-point Conversion
Markus Rupp · 2004
Automation of the floating-point to fixed-point conversion of algorithmic descriptions is expected to produce significant improvements in the design process of embedded systems, in terms of its eciency and error resilience. Although several analytical and statistical approaches to help the designer make the conversion trade-o between design parameters and implementation costs do exist, none are able to replace the designer in making the tradeo itself. Fixify, a toolset for automated floating-point to fixed-point conversion is presented here. It uses existing optimisation heuristics to perform the conversion tradeo, disburdening the designer and significantly improving the design process.