Methods and apparatus for synthesizable pipeline control

摘要

An organization and method of designing a processor of an integrated circuit are provided which includes identifying reusable portions of a custom design to be created for a processor. The processor is custom designed to meet specific performance criteria. Such custom designing includes custom designing macros for the reusable portions, specifying the number of instances of each macro, providing interconnections for the macros, and assembling the custom-designed macros.