Fabric-based systems: model, tools, applications.
- Christophe
- Maya
- Kevin P.
A Fabric Based System is a parameterized cellular architecture in which an array of computing cells communicates with an embedded processor through a global memory . This architecture is customizable to different classes of applications by funtional unit, interconnect, and memory parameters, and can be instantiated efficiently on platform FPGAs . In previous work, we have demonstrated the advantage of reconfigurable fabrics for image and signal processing applications . Recently, we have build a Fabric Generator, a Java-based toolset that greatly accelerates construction of the fabrics presented in. A module-generation library is used to define, instantiate, and interconnect cells' datapaths . FG generates customized sequencers for individual cells or collections of cells . We describe the Fabric-Based System model, the FG toolset, and concrete realizations offabric architectures generated by FG on the Altera Excalibur ARM that can deliver 4.5 GigaMACs/s (8/16 bit data, Multiply-Accumulate) .
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 976516
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-03-0352; TRN: US201017%%664
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Submitted to: Conference FCCM 2003, IEEE Symposium On Field-programmable Custom, Computing Machines
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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