Global variable optimization for integrated circuit applications

A system, comprising:

• a compiler configured to:
• compile code from a high-level program into an intermediate representation comprising a data structure, intermediate code, or both, wherein the code is indicative of functionality of the high-level program and comprises one or more global variables of the high-level program;
• analyze the intermediate representation to determine one or more characteristics of the functionality, the one or more global variables of the high-level program, or both;
• determine one or more initialization parameters, one or more scope parameters, one or more implementation parameters, or any combination thereof, based upon the one or more characteristics of the functionality, the one or more global variables of the high-level program, or both;
• and
• generate a hardware description layer (HDL) based upon the one or more initialization parameters, the one or more scope parameters, the one or more implementation parameters, or the any combination thereof;
• and
• an integrated circuit configured to:
• receive the generated HDL from the compiler;
• and
• implement, based at least in part on the generated HDL, a hardware implementation on the integrated circuit, wherein the hardware implementation is configured to implement the functionality.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, at a compiler, a high-level program comprising code indicative of functionality to be implemented on an integrated circuit (IC), wherein the code comprises one or more global variables of the high-level program;
• compiling, via the compiler, the code into an intermediate representation comprising a data structure, intermediate code, or both that is used internally by the compiler to represent high-level source code;
• analyzing, via the compiler, the intermediate representation to determine one or more characteristics of the functionality, the one or more global variables of the high-level program, or both;
• determining, via the compiler, one or more initialization parameters, one or more scope parameters, one or more implementation parameters, or any combination thereof, based upon the one or more characteristics of the functionality, the one or more global variables of the high-level program, or both;
• generating, via the compiler, a hardware description layer (HDL) based upon the one or more initialization parameters, the one or more scope parameters, the one or more implementation parameters, or the any combination thereof;
• receiving, from the compiler, the generated HDL at the integrated circuit;
• and
• implementing, based on the generated HDL, the functionality on the integrated circuit.