MORA - An Architecture and Programming Model for a Resource Efficient Coarse Grained Reconfigurable Processor

  • Authors:
  • Sai Rahul Chalamalasetti;Sohan Purohit;Martin Margala;Wim Vanderbauwhede

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • AHS '09 Proceedings of the 2009 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper presents an architecture and implementation details for MORA, a novel coarse grained reconfigurable processor for accelerating media processing applications. The MORA architecture involves a 2-D array of several such processors, to deliver low cost, high throughput performance in media processing applications. A distinguishing feature of the MORA architecture is the co-design of hardware architecture and low-level programming language throughout the design cycle. The implementation details for the single MORA processor, and benchmark evaluation using a cycle accurate simulator are presented.