@article{Kavvadias15, title = {Source and IR-level optimizations in the {HercuLeS} high-level synthesis tool}, author = {Nikolaos Kavvadias and Kostas Masselos}, journal = {Inderscience International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development}, number = {3}, pages = {243--266}, url = {}, volume = {6}, year = {2015}, ee = {http://10.1504/IJIRD.2015.071089}, keywords = {hardware, integrated circuits, field-programmable gate arrays, FPGAs, register transfer level, RTL, high-level synthesis, HLS, optimisation, algorithm mapping, transformational patterns, loop optimisation, if-conversion optimisation} }