Event Details

Reconfigurable Media-Oriented Processors

Presenter: Mr. Mihai Sima - Computer Engineering Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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Date: Thu, April 10, 2003
Time: 14:30:00 - 15:30:00
Place: EOW 430

ABSTRACT

Abstract

The ability for providing a hardware platform which can be customized on a per-application basis under software control has established RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING (RC) as a new computing paradigm. As a general view, a computing machine working under the new RC paradigm typically includes a General-Purpose Processor (GPP) which is augmented with a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The basic idea is to exploit both the GPP flexibility to achieve medium performance for a large class of applications, and FPGA capability to implement application-specific computations. Such a hybrid is generally referred to as a Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machine (FCCM).

Two general research questions may be posed with respect to an FCCM:

  1. What are the architectural changes needed for incorporating the reconfigurable array into the processor?
  2. What are the influences of reconfigurable arrays on the computing performance?
During the presentation, both questions will be addressed and possible answers will be given. The focus will be on media-oriented processors, particularly on Philips' TriMedia/CPU64, for which performance figures will be provided. The presentation also addresses possible research directions, as well as the author's teaching interests.

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