| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L98909/01 |
| Title: |
RE-CONFIGURABLE FPGA CIRCUITS FOR CUSTOM COMPUTING APPLICATIONS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Woods, Professor RF |
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Sch of Electronics, Elec Eng & Comp Sci |
| Organisation: |
Queen's University of Belfast |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1998 |
Ends: |
31 January 2002 |
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186,745
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An alternative approach to microprocessor based computing has been proposed called custom computing. This involves customising hardware implementations of algorithms on programmable hardware typically FGPAs which offer superior performance to microprocessor solutions in many instances. The development of the XC6200 technology by the Xilinx Development Corporation has led to a new form of custom computing where hardware can be reconfigured 'on the fly' or during run-time. If this 'run time reconfiguration' is to be achieved in practice, then methods are needed to reduce the reconfiguration time and synthesis tools are required to produce FPGA circuits quickly. In this proposal, we present a method for developing FGPA circuits that are re-configurable by design. This is achieved by developing the circuits at high level to meet not only area and speed requirements but also a reconfiguration specification. Our proposal shows that it is possible to derive similar circuit architectures for vastly different functions by developing designs at the Signal Flow Graph level. In addition, an architectural synthesis route for quickly generating the FGPA circuits from these architectures will be developed. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with the Xilinx and Prof S Y Kung from Princeton.
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