Cellular automata machines: a new environment for modeling
Cellular automata machines: a new environment for modeling
Efficient global computations on a processor network with programmable logic
PARLE '91 Proceedings on Parallel architectures and languages Europe : volume I: parallel architectures and algorithms: volume I: parallel architectures and algorithms
Implementing cellular automata on the ArMen machine
Proceedings of the international workshop on Algorithms and parallel VLSI architectures II
Synchronization hardware for networks of workstations: performance vs. cost
ICS '96 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Supercomputing
Architecture for a non-deterministic simulation machine
Proceedings of the 30th conference on Winter simulation
A global synchronization network for a non-deterministic simulation architecture
Proceedings of the 31st conference on Winter simulation: Simulation---a bridge to the future - Volume 2
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Accelerating discrete event simulation can be achieved by using parallel architectures. The use of dedicated hardware is a possible alternative in some special domains like logic simulation. However, few studies have focused on general cases.This paper presents an innovative solution using a recent hardware technology called FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), that enables dynamic synthesis of application specific hardware. Each node of an MIMD parallel machine is tightly coupled to an FPGA ring. This ring allows us to synthesize application specific global operatorsand control or communication circuits and complements the possibilities of the original machine on a wide application spectrum. We present the first results obtained in the simulation field with an eight node prototype.