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:
- What are the architectural changes needed for incorporating the reconfigurable array into the processor?
- What are the influences of reconfigurable arrays on the computing performance?
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