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We describe our ongoing effort using theorem proving to certify loop pipelining, a critical and complex transformation employed by behavioral synthesis. Our approach is mechanized in the ACL2 theorem prover. We discuss some formalization and proof challenges and our early attempts at addressing them.
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Puri, D., Ray, S., Hao, K., Xie, F. (2014). Mechanical Certification of Loop Pipelining Transformations: A Preview. In: Klein, G., Gamboa, R. (eds) Interactive Theorem Proving. ITP 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8558. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08970-6_37
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