High-Level Synthesis Made Easy (Second Edition) Book Released

Posted on February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 by schaferben@gmail.com

I have released the second edition of High-Level Synthesis Made Easy.

The updated version includes revisions and additional material including a chapter with advanced HLS optimizations, and a chapter with examples.

A PDF copy is available at www.hlsbook.com and hard copy can be purchased on Amazon here.

IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD 2025)

Posted on November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 by schaferben@gmail.com

The DARClab hosted at UT Dallas the 43rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design ( ICCD 2025) between November 10-12. Great technical presentations, keynotes from Synopsys, NVIDIA and AMD, tutorials, LLM for hardware design challenge.