Abstraction in hardware system design

@article{NikhilCACM201110,
 author    = {Nikhil, Rishiyur S.},
 title     = {Abstraction in hardware system design},
 journal   = {Commun. ACM},
 volume    = {54},
 number    = {10},
 year      = {2011},
 pages     = {36-44},
 ee        = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2001269.2001284},
 bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}