2002 · 139 citations · 3 references
EngineeringComputer EngineeringComputer ScienceCompilersComputer ArchitectureHardware Description LanguagesCompiler ConstructionField-programmable Gate Array ArchitectureHigh-level SynthesisInstruction Set ArchitectureProcessor Core DesignReconfigurable System ArchitectureCompilation For Reconfigurable HardwareCompiler SupportCompiler-based High-level SynthesisHardware SynthesisProcessor SystemsReconfigurationVhdl
This paper discusses the architecture and compiler for a general-purpose metamorphic computing platform called PRISM-II. PRISM-II improves the performance of many computationally-intensive tasks by augmenting the functionality of the core processor with new instructions that match the characteristics of targeted applications. In essence, PRISM (processor reconfiguration through instruction set metamorphosis) is a general purpose hardware platform that behaves like an application-specific platform. Two methods for hardware synthesis, one using VHDL Designer and the other using X-BLOX, are presented and synthesis results are compared.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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