IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems · 2009 · 48 citations · 16 references
EngineeringComputer EngineeringComputer ScienceComputer ArchitectureField-programmable Gate ArraysReconfigurable ComputingDynamic ReconfigurationField-programmable Gate Array ArchitectureFpga ArchitecturePartial ReconfigurationReconfigurable System ArchitectureRun-time ReconfigurationBitstream ManagementBitstream RelocationComponent-based Software DesignComponent-based Software DevelopmentReconfigurable ArchitecturesReconfigurable Hardware ArchitectureReconfiguration Of Field-programmable Gate ArraysRuntime Support
The research described in this paper shows how the runtime relocation of a reconfigurable component can be obtained using a system component that is able to update the bitstream information, moving the reconfigurable module in the desired position. This scenario defines the so-called partial bitstream relocation activity. This paper proposes a relocation filter that can be implemented both as a hardware and a software component. The former is hosted in the static part of the reconfigurable architecture, while the latter is made to be run on the processor placed on the field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The proposed approach has also been validated over different FPGAs, i.e., Virtex II Pro, Virtex 4, and Virtex 5, proposing a runtime relocation support that can be customized to meet all the different constraints associated with these different target architectures.
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Edson Lemos Horta · Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis) · 2001 · 87 citations · Full text