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  • """
    B-ASIC architecture classes.
    """
    
    from collections import defaultdict
    
    from io import TextIOWrapper
    
    from typing import (
        DefaultDict,
        Dict,
        Iterable,
        Iterator,
        List,
        Optional,
        Set,
        Tuple,
    
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    from graphviz import Digraph
    
    
    from b_asic.codegen.vhdl.common import is_valid_vhdl_identifier
    
    from b_asic.operation import Operation
    
    from b_asic.port import InputPort, OutputPort
    
    from b_asic.process import MemoryProcess, MemoryVariable, OperatorProcess, Process
    
    from b_asic.resources import ProcessCollection
    
    
    
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    def _interconnect_dict() -> int:
        # Needed as pickle does not support lambdas
        return 0
    
    
    
    class HardwareBlock:
    
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        """
    
        Base class for architectures and resources.
    
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        Parameters
        ----------
        entity_name : str, optional
            The name of the resulting entity.
        """
    
    
        def __init__(self, entity_name: Optional[str] = None):
    
            self._entity_name: Optional[str] = None
    
            if entity_name is not None:
                self.set_entity_name(entity_name)
    
        def set_entity_name(self, entity_name: str) -> None:
    
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            """
    
            Set entity name of hardware block.
    
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            Parameters
            ----------
            entity_name : str
                The entity name.
            """
    
            if not is_valid_vhdl_identifier(entity_name):
    
                raise ValueError(f'{entity_name} is not a valid VHDL identifier')
    
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            self._entity_name = entity_name
    
        def write_code(self, path: str) -> None:
            """
    
            Write VHDL code for hardware block.
    
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            Parameters
            ----------
            path : str
                Directory to write code in.
            """
    
            if not self._entity_name:
    
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                raise ValueError("Entity name must be set")
            raise NotImplementedError
    
    
        def _repr_mimebundle_(self, include=None, exclude=None):
            return self._digraph()._repr_mimebundle_(include=include, exclude=exclude)
    
        def _repr_jpeg_(self):
            return self._digraph()._repr_mimebundle_(include=["image/jpeg"])["image/jpeg"]
    
        def _repr_png_(self):
            return self._digraph()._repr_mimebundle_(include=["image/png"])["image/png"]
    
    
        @property
        def entity_name(self) -> str:
            if self._entity_name is None:
                return "Undefined entity name"
            return self._entity_name
    
        def _digraph(self) -> Digraph:
            raise NotImplementedError()
    
    
        @property
        def schedule_time(self) -> int:
            """The schedule time for hardware block"""
            raise NotImplementedError()
    
        def write_component_declaration(self, f: TextIOWrapper, indent: int = 1) -> None:
            """
            Write component declaration of hardware block.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
            f : TextIOWrapper
                File object (or other TextIOWrapper object) to write the declaration to.
            indent : int, default: 1
                Indentation level to use for this process.
            """
            raise NotImplementedError()
    
        def write_component_instantiation(self, f: TextIOWrapper, indent: int = 1) -> None:
            """
            Write component instantiation of hardware block.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
            f : TextIOWrapper
                File object (or other TextIOWrapper object) to write the instantiation to.
            indent : int, default: 1
                Indentation level to use for this process.
            """
            raise NotImplementedError()
    
    
    
    class Resource(HardwareBlock):
        """
        Base class for resource.
    
        Parameters
        ----------
    
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        process_collection : :class:`~b_asic.resources.ProcessCollection`
    
            The process collection containing processes to be mapped to resource.
        entity_name : str, optional
            The name of the resulting entity.
    
        """
    
        def __init__(
            self, process_collection: ProcessCollection, entity_name: Optional[str] = None
        ):
            if not len(process_collection):
                raise ValueError("Do not create Resource with empty ProcessCollection")
            super().__init__(entity_name=entity_name)
            self._collection = process_collection
            self._input_count = -1
            self._output_count = -1
    
            self._assignment: Optional[List[ProcessCollection]] = None
    
    
        def __repr__(self):
            return self.entity_name
    
        def __iter__(self):
            return iter(self._collection)
    
    
        def _digraph(self) -> Digraph:
            dg = Digraph(node_attr={'shape': 'record'})
    
            dg.node(self.entity_name, self._struct_def())
    
            return dg
    
        @property
        def input_count(self) -> int:
            """Number of input ports."""
            return self._input_count
    
        @property
        def output_count(self) -> int:
            """Number of output ports."""
            return self._output_count
    
        def _struct_def(self) -> str:
            inputs = [f"in{i}" for i in range(self._input_count)]
            outputs = [f"out{i}" for i in range(self._output_count)]
            ret = ""
            if inputs:
                instrs = [f"<{instr}> {instr}" for instr in inputs]
                ret += f"{{{'|'.join(instrs)}}}|"
    
            ret += f"{self.entity_name}"
    
            if outputs:
                outstrs = [f"<{outstr}> {outstr}" for outstr in outputs]
                ret += f"|{{{'|'.join(outstrs)}}}"
    
        @property
        def schedule_time(self) -> int:
            # doc-string inherited
            return self._collection.schedule_time
    
    
        def plot_content(self, ax: plt.Axes, **kwargs) -> None:
            """
            Plot the content of the resource.
    
            This plots the assigned processes executed on this resource.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
            ax : Axes
                Matplotlib Axes to plot in.
            **kwargs
                Passed to :meth:`b_asic.resources.ProcessCollection.plot`
            """
    
            if not self.is_assigned:
    
                self._collection.plot(ax, **kwargs)
    
            else:
                for i, pc in enumerate(self._assignment):  # type: ignore
    
                    pc.plot(ax=ax, row=i, **kwargs)
    
        def show_content(self, title=None, **kwargs) -> None:
            """
            Display the content of the resource.
    
            This displays the assigned processes executed on this resource.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
            title : str, optional
            **kwargs
                Passed to :meth:`b_asic.resources.ProcessCollection.plot`
            """
    
            fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    
            self.plot_content(ax, **kwargs)
            if title:
                fig.suptitle(title)
    
            fig.show()  # type: ignore
    
    
        @property
        def is_assigned(self) -> bool:
            return self._assignment is not None
    
    
        def assign(self, heuristic: str = 'left_edge'):
            """
            Perform assignment of processes to resource.
    
            See the specific resource types for more information.
            """
            raise NotImplementedError()
    
    
        def content(self) -> plt.Figure:
    
            """
            Return a graphical representation of the content.
    
    
            This is visible in enriched shells, but the object itself has no further
            meaning (it is a Matplotlib Figure).
    
            """
            fig, ax = plt.subplots()
            self.plot_content(ax)
    
            return fig
    
        @property
        def collection(self) -> ProcessCollection:
            return self._collection
    
    
        @property
        def operation_type(self) -> Union[Type[MemoryProcess], Type[OperatorProcess]]:
            raise NotImplementedError("ABC Resource does not implement operation_type")
    
        def add_process(self, proc: Process):
            """
            Add a :class:`~b_asic.process.Process` to this :class:`Resource`.
    
            Raises :class:`KeyError` if the process being added is not of the same type
            as the other processes.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
            proc : :class:`~b_asic.process.Process`
                The process to add.
            """
            if isinstance(proc, OperatorProcess):
                # operation_type marks OperatorProcess associated operation.
                if not isinstance(proc._operation, self.operation_type):
                    raise KeyError(f"{proc} not of type {self.operation_type}")
            else:
                # operation_type is MemoryVariable or PlainMemoryVariable
                if not isinstance(proc, self.operation_type):
                    raise KeyError(f"{proc} not of type {self.operation_type}")
            self.collection.add_process(proc)
    
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            self._assignment = None
    
    
        def remove_process(self, proc):
            self.collection.remove_process(proc)
            self._assignment = None
    
    
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    class ProcessingElement(Resource):
    
        """
        Create a processing element for a ProcessCollection with OperatorProcesses.
    
        Parameters
        ----------
        process_collection : :class:`~b_asic.resources.ProcessCollection`
    
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            Process collection containing operations to map to processing element.
        entity_name : str, optional
            Name of processing element entity.
    
        assign : bool, default True
            Perform assignment when creating the ProcessingElement.
    
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        def __init__(
    
            self,
            process_collection: ProcessCollection,
            entity_name: Optional[str] = None,
            assign: bool = True,
    
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            super().__init__(process_collection=process_collection, entity_name=entity_name)
    
            if not all(
                isinstance(operator, OperatorProcess)
                for operator in process_collection.collection
            ):
                raise TypeError(
                    "Can only have OperatorProcesses in ProcessCollection when creating"
                    " ProcessingElement"
                )
            ops = [
    
                cast(OperatorProcess, operand).operation
    
                for operand in process_collection.collection
            ]
            op_type = type(ops[0])
            if not all(isinstance(op, op_type) for op in ops):
                raise TypeError("Different Operation types in ProcessCollection")
            self._operation_type = op_type
            self._type_name = op_type.type_name()
    
            self._input_count = ops[0].input_count
            self._output_count = ops[0].output_count
    
            if assign:
                self.assign()
    
        def processes(self) -> List[OperatorProcess]:
            return [cast(OperatorProcess, p) for p in self._collection]
    
        def assign(self, heuristic: str = "left_edge") -> None:
            """
            Perform assignment of the processes.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
            heuristic : str, default: 'left_edge'
                The assignment algorithm.
    
                    * 'left_edge': Left-edge algorithm.
                    * 'graph_color': Graph-coloring based on exclusion graph.
            """
            self._assignment = list(
                self._collection.split_on_execution_time(heuristic=heuristic)
            )
            if len(self._assignment) > 1:
                self._assignment = None
                raise ValueError("Cannot map ProcessCollection to single ProcessingElement")
    
    
        @property
        def operation_type(self) -> Type[Operation]:
            return self._operation_type
    
    
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    class Memory(Resource):
    
        """
        Create a memory from a ProcessCollection with memory variables.
    
        Parameters
        ----------
        process_collection : :class:`~b_asic.resources.ProcessCollection`
            The ProcessCollection to create a Memory for.
        memory_type : {'RAM', 'register'}
            The type of memory.
    
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        entity_name : str, optional
            Name of memory entity.
    
        read_ports : int, optional
            Number of read ports for memory.
        write_ports : int, optional
            Number of write ports for memory.
    
        assign : bool, default False
            Perform assignment when creating the Memory (using the default properties).
    
    
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            self,
            process_collection: ProcessCollection,
            memory_type: str = "RAM",
            entity_name: Optional[str] = None,
    
            read_ports: Optional[int] = None,
            write_ports: Optional[int] = None,
    
            assign: bool = False,
    
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            super().__init__(process_collection=process_collection, entity_name=entity_name)
    
            if not all(
    
                for operator in process_collection.collection
            ):
                raise TypeError(
    
                    "Can only have MemoryProcess in ProcessCollection when creating Memory"
    
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            if memory_type not in ("RAM", "register"):
                raise ValueError(
                    f"memory_type must be 'RAM' or 'register', not {memory_type!r}"
                )
    
            read_ports_bound = self._collection.read_ports_bound()
            if read_ports is None:
                self._output_count = read_ports_bound
            else:
                if read_ports < read_ports_bound:
                    raise ValueError(f"At least {read_ports_bound} read ports required")
                self._output_count = read_ports
            write_ports_bound = self._collection.write_ports_bound()
            if write_ports is None:
                self._input_count = write_ports_bound
            else:
                if write_ports < write_ports_bound:
                    raise ValueError(f"At least {write_ports_bound} write ports required")
                self._input_count = write_ports
    
            self._memory_type = memory_type
    
            if assign:
                self.assign()
    
            memory_processes = [
                cast(MemoryProcess, process) for process in process_collection
            ]
            mem_proc_type = type(memory_processes[0])
            if not all(isinstance(proc, mem_proc_type) for proc in memory_processes):
                raise TypeError("Different MemoryProcess types in ProcessCollection")
            self._operation_type = mem_proc_type
    
    
        def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[MemoryVariable]:
            # Add information about the iterator type
            return cast(Iterator[MemoryVariable], iter(self._collection))
    
    
        def assign(self, heuristic: str = "left_edge") -> None:
            """
            Perform assignment of the memory variables.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
    
            heuristic : str, default: 'left_edge'
    
                The assignment algorithm. Depending on memory type the following are
                available:
    
                    * 'RAM'
                        * 'left_edge': Left-edge algorithm.
                        * 'graph_color': Graph-coloring based on exclusion graph.
                    * 'register'
                        * ...
            """
            if self._memory_type == "RAM":
    
                self._assignment = self._collection.split_on_execution_time(
                    heuristic=heuristic
                )
    
            else:  # "register"
                raise NotImplementedError()
    
    
        @property
        def operation_type(self) -> Type[MemoryProcess]:
            return self._operation_type
    
    
    class Architecture(HardwareBlock):
    
        """
        Class representing an architecture.
    
        Parameters
        ----------
    
        processing_elements : :class:`~b_asic.architecture.ProcessingElement` or iterable \
    of :class:`~b_asic.architecture.ProcessingElement`
    
            The processing elements in the architecture.
    
        memories : :class:`~b_asic.architecture.Memory` or iterable of \
    :class:`~b_asic.architecture.Memory`
    
            The memories in the architecture.
    
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        entity_name : str, default: "arch"
            Name for the top-level entity.
    
        direct_interconnects : :class:`~b_asic.resources.ProcessCollection`, optional
    
            Process collection of zero-time memory variables used for direct interconnects.
    
        """
    
        def __init__(
            self,
    
            processing_elements: Union[ProcessingElement, Iterable[ProcessingElement]],
            memories: Union[Memory, Iterable[Memory]],
    
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            entity_name: str = "arch",
    
            direct_interconnects: Optional[ProcessCollection] = None,
    
            super().__init__(entity_name)
            self._processing_elements = (
    
                [processing_elements]
    
                if isinstance(processing_elements, ProcessingElement)
    
                else list(processing_elements)
    
            self._memories = [memories] if isinstance(memories, Memory) else list(memories)
    
            self._direct_interconnects = direct_interconnects
    
            self._variable_inport_to_resource: Dict[InputPort, Tuple[Resource, int]] = {}
            self._variable_outport_to_resource: Dict[OutputPort, Tuple[Resource, int]] = {}
    
            self._operation_inport_to_resource: Dict[InputPort, Resource] = {}
            self._operation_outport_to_resource: Dict[OutputPort, Resource] = {}
    
            self._schedule_time = self._check_and_get_schedule_time()
    
    
            # Validate input and output ports
            self.validate_ports()
    
    
        def _check_and_get_schedule_time(self) -> int:
            schedule_times = set()
            for memory in self._memories:
                schedule_times.add(memory.schedule_time)
            for pe in self._processing_elements:
                schedule_times.add(pe.schedule_time)
            if self._direct_interconnects is not None:
                schedule_times.add(self._direct_interconnects.schedule_time)
            if len(schedule_times) != 1:
                raise ValueError(f"Different schedule times: {schedule_times}")
            return schedule_times.pop()
    
    
        def _build_dicts(self) -> None:
    
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            self._variable_inport_to_resource: Dict[InputPort, Tuple[Resource, int]] = {}
            self._variable_outport_to_resource: Dict[OutputPort, Tuple[Resource, int]] = {}
            self._operation_inport_to_resource: Dict[InputPort, Resource] = {}
            self._operation_outport_to_resource: Dict[OutputPort, Resource] = {}
    
            for pe in self.processing_elements:
                for operator in pe.processes:
                    for input_port in operator.operation.inputs:
                        self._operation_inport_to_resource[input_port] = pe
                    for output_port in operator.operation.outputs:
                        self._operation_outport_to_resource[output_port] = pe
    
            for memory in self.memories:
                for mv in memory:
                    for read_port in mv.read_ports:
    
                        self._variable_inport_to_resource[read_port] = (memory, 0)  # Fix
                    self._variable_outport_to_resource[mv.write_port] = (memory, 0)  # Fix
    
            if self._direct_interconnects:
                for di in self._direct_interconnects:
                    di = cast(MemoryVariable, di)
                    for read_port in di.read_ports:
    
                        self._variable_inport_to_resource[read_port] = (
                            self._operation_outport_to_resource[di.write_port],
                            di.write_port.index,
                        )
                        self._variable_outport_to_resource[di.write_port] = (
                            self._operation_inport_to_resource[read_port],
                            read_port.index,
                        )
    
        def validate_ports(self) -> None:
    
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            # Validate inputs and outputs of memory variables in all the memories in this
            # architecture
    
            memory_read_ports = set()
            memory_write_ports = set()
            for memory in self.memories:
                for mv in memory:
                    memory_write_ports.add(mv.write_port)
                    memory_read_ports.update(mv.read_ports)
            if self._direct_interconnects:
                for mv in self._direct_interconnects:
                    mv = cast(MemoryVariable, mv)
                    memory_write_ports.add(mv.write_port)
                    memory_read_ports.update(mv.read_ports)
    
            pe_input_ports = set()
            pe_output_ports = set()
            for pe in self.processing_elements:
                for operator in pe.processes:
                    pe_input_ports.update(operator.operation.inputs)
                    pe_output_ports.update(operator.operation.outputs)
    
            read_port_diff = memory_read_ports.symmetric_difference(pe_input_ports)
            write_port_diff = memory_write_ports.symmetric_difference(pe_output_ports)
            if read_port_diff:
                raise ValueError(
                    "Memory read port and PE output port difference:"
                    f" {[port.name for port in read_port_diff]}"
                )
            if write_port_diff:
                raise ValueError(
                    "Memory read port and PE output port difference:"
                    f" {[port.name for port in write_port_diff]}"
                )
            # Make sure all inputs and outputs in the architecture are in use
    
        def get_interconnects_for_memory(
            self, mem: Memory
        ) -> Tuple[Dict[Resource, int], Dict[Resource, int]]:
    
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            """
            Return a dictionary with interconnect information for a Memory.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
            mem : :class:`Memory`
                The memory to obtain information about.
    
            Returns
            -------
            (dict, dict)
                A dictionary with the ProcessingElements that are connected to the write and
                read ports, respectively, with counts of the number of accesses.
            """
    
            d_in: DefaultDict[Resource, int] = defaultdict(_interconnect_dict)
            d_out: DefaultDict[Resource, int] = defaultdict(_interconnect_dict)
            for var in mem.collection:
    
                var = cast(MemoryVariable, var)
                d_in[self._operation_outport_to_resource[var.write_port]] += 1
                for read_port in var.read_ports:
                    d_out[self._operation_inport_to_resource[read_port]] += 1
            return dict(d_in), dict(d_out)
    
    
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        def get_interconnects_for_pe(
            self, pe: ProcessingElement
    
        ) -> Tuple[
            List[Dict[Tuple[Resource, int], int]], List[Dict[Tuple[Resource, int], int]]
        ]:
    
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            """
            Return lists of dictionaries with interconnect information for a
            ProcessingElement.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
            pe : :class:`ProcessingElement`
                The processing element to get information for.
    
            Returns
            -------
            list
                List of dictionaries indicating the sources for each inport and the
                frequency of accesses.
            list
                List of dictionaries indicating the sources for each outport and the
                frequency of accesses.
    
            """
    
            d_in: List[DefaultDict[Tuple[Resource, int], int]] = [
                defaultdict(_interconnect_dict) for _ in range(pe.input_count)
            ]
            d_out: List[DefaultDict[Tuple[Resource, int], int]] = [
                defaultdict(_interconnect_dict) for _ in range(pe.output_count)
            ]
            for var in pe.collection:
    
                for i, input_ in enumerate(var.operation.inputs):
                    d_in[i][self._variable_inport_to_resource[input_]] += 1
    
                for i, output in enumerate(var.operation.outputs):
                    d_out[i][self._variable_outport_to_resource[output]] += 1
            return [dict(d) for d in d_in], [dict(d) for d in d_out]
    
    
        def resource_from_name(self, name: str):
            re = {p.entity_name: p for p in chain(self.memories, self.processing_elements)}
            return re[name]
    
        def move_process(
            self,
            proc: Union[str, Process],
            re_from: Union[str, Resource],
            re_to: Union[str, Resource],
        ):
            """
            Move a :class:`b_asic.process.Process` from one resource to another in the
            architecture.
    
            Both the resource moved from and will become unassigned after a process has been
            moved.
    
            Raises :class:`KeyError` if ``proc`` is not present in resource ``re_from``.
    
            Parameters
            ----------
            proc : :class:`b_asic.process.Process` or string
                The process (or its given name) to move.
            re_from : :class:`b_asic.architecture.Resource` or string
                The resource (or its given name) to move the process from.
            re_to : :class:`b_asic.architecture.Resource` or string
                The resource (or its given name) to move the process to.
            """
            # Extract resouces from name
            if isinstance(re_from, str):
                re_from = self.resource_from_name(re_from)
            if isinstance(re_to, str):
                re_to = self.resource_from_name(re_to)
    
            # Extract process from name
            if isinstance(proc, str):
                proc = re_from.collection.from_name(proc)
    
            # Move the process.
    
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            if proc in re_from:
    
                re_to.add_process(proc)
                re_from.remove_process(proc)
    
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            else:
                raise KeyError(f"{proc} not in {re_from.entity_name}")
            self._build_dicts()
    
        def _digraph(self) -> Digraph:
    
            edges: Set[Tuple[str, str, str]] = set()
    
            dg = Digraph(node_attr={'shape': 'record'})
    
            for i, mem in enumerate(self._memories):
    
                dg.node(mem.entity_name, mem._struct_def())
    
            for i, pe in enumerate(self._processing_elements):
    
                dg.node(pe.entity_name, pe._struct_def())
    
            for pe in self._processing_elements:
                inputs, outputs = self.get_interconnects_for_pe(pe)
                for i, inp in enumerate(inputs):
    
                    for (source, port), cnt in inp.items():
                        edges.add(
                            (
                                f"{source.entity_name}:out{port}",
                                f"{pe.entity_name}:in{i}",
                                f"{cnt}",
                            )
    
                for o, output in enumerate(outputs):
                    for (dest, port), cnt in output.items():
    
                        edges.add(
                            (
                                f"{pe.entity_name}:out{o}",
                                f"{dest.entity_name}:in{port}",
                                f"{cnt}",
                            )
    
            for src_str, dest_str, cnt_str in edges:
                dg.edge(src_str, dest_str, label=cnt_str)
    
        def memories(self) -> List[Memory]:
    
        def processing_elements(self) -> List[ProcessingElement]:
    
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        @property
        def direct_interconnects(self) -> Optional[ProcessCollection]:
            return self._direct_interconnects
    
    
        @property
        def schedule_time(self) -> int:
            # doc-string inherited
            return self._schedule_time