Finite State Machines: Theory, Design and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 10163
Special Issue Editors
Interests: logic synthesis; FSM design; FPGA; ASIC; telecommunications; antenna arrays; hardware–software co-design; CAD of VLSI-based digital systems
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Interests: logic synthesis; FSM design; FPGA; ASIC; CPLD; embedded systems
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Dear Colleagues,
The model of finite state machine (FSM) has been used for about 70 years in order to specify and design logic circuits of sequential blocks of different digital systems. Basic characteristics of digital systems always strongly depend on the quality of FSM-based blocks. Currently, we are witnessing the rapid development of semiconductor technology. As a result of the transition from microelectronics to nanoelectronics, new families of microchips have appeared. Now, it is enough for a single chip to implement very complex digital and mixed digital–analogue systems. This phenomenon has led to the emergence and development of various mobile and autonomous systems. In turn, this helps to implement different systems for smart homes, smart cities, Internet-of-Things, and a lot of systems we do not know about right now. So, FSMs are now only small parts of the systems hidden inside these chips. However, FSM designers face all of the same challenges, namely: it is necessary to implement an FSM circuit with the smallest possible hardware amount, propagation time, and consumed energy. All of these challenges must be met in a new and rapidly changing environment. The ever-increasing complexity of modern and future industrial projects requires the development of efficient computer-aided design tools for implementing complex FSM circuits. Also, it is necessary to develop a unified library of benchmark FSMs to compare the outcomes of different design methods.
The aim of this Special Issue is to accumulate scientific manuscripts on the practical and theoretical aspects associated with the design of FSM circuits and the application of FSM-based blocks in modern digital and cyber–physical systems. The key focus is to present theoretical advances, as well as new design and verification methods in order to improve the quality of FSM circuits as elements of modern complex systems. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Topics may include, but are not limited, the following:
- Development of theory of finite state machines
- Development of methods of state assignment targeting improving basic characteristics of FSM circuits (chip area, performance, and consumed energy)
- Improving the specification of FSMs targeting real-scale projects
- Design of energy-efficient FSMs
- Development of hardware-dependent design methods targeting FSMs implemented with FPGAs, ASICs, and CPLDs
- Development of design methods for asynchronous FSMs
- Development of hardware-dependent and hardware-independent computer-aided design tools targeting FSMs
- Development of design methods for parallel FSMs and networks of FSMs
- Development of design methods for hierarchical FSMs
- Development of FSM design methods targeting cyber–physical systems
- Development of methods of functional and structural decomposition of FSM logic circuits targeting the process of technology mapping
- Improving testability of complex FSMs
- Development of advanced methods of verification of FSM circuits
- Application of FSM-based devices in telecommunications, Internet-of-Things, and mobile and autonomous systems
- Development of a library of benchmark FSMs to compare different design methods
Prof. Alexander Barkalov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- finite state machine
- specification
- synthesis
- decomposition
- technology mapping
- testability
- verification
- FPGA
- ASIC
- CPLD
- system-on-a-programmable chip
- computer-aided design
- benchmark FSMs
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