High-level language abstraction for reconfigurable computing

RC systems typically consist of an array of configurable computing elements. The computational granularity of these elements ranges from simple gates - as abstracted by FPGA lookup tables - to complete arithmetic-logic units with or without registers. A rich programmable interconnect completes the a...

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Published in:Computer (Long Beach, Calif.) Calif.), 2003-08, Vol.36 (8), p.63-69
Main Authors: Najjar, W.A., Bohm, W., Draper, B.A., Hammes, J., Rinker, R., Beveridge, J.R., Chawathe, M., Ross, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithm design and analysis
Algorithms
Application software
Arrays
C language
Computation
Computer languages
Computer programs
Field programmable gate arrays
Hardware design languages
High level languages
Integrated circuit interconnections
LAN interconnection
Lookup tables
Registers
Reinforced concrete
Table lookup
VHDL
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Summary:RC systems typically consist of an array of configurable computing elements. The computational granularity of these elements ranges from simple gates - as abstracted by FPGA lookup tables - to complete arithmetic-logic units with or without registers. A rich programmable interconnect completes the array. RC system developer manually partitions an application into two segments: a hardware component in a hardware description language such as VHDL or Verilog that will execute as a circuit on the FPGA and a software component that will execute as a program on the host. Single-assignment C is a C language variant designed to create an automated compilation path from an algorithmic programming language to an FPGA-based reconfigurable computing system.
ISSN:0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI:10.1109/MC.2003.1220583