A Framework for Run-time Reconfigurable Systems

  • Authors:
  • Michael Eisenring;Marco Platzner

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Engineering & Networks Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland;Computer Engineering & Networks Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland marco.platzner@computer.org

  • Venue:
  • The Journal of Supercomputing
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We present a framework for run-time reconfigurable systems. The framework provides a methodology and a design representation which allow to plug in different design and implementation tools. Front-end tools cover design capture, temporal partitioning and scheduling; back-end tools provide reconfiguration control, communication channel generation, estimation, and the final code composition. This paper elaborates on two of the framework's main issues: First, we discuss the design representation comprising aspects of the problem, the target architecture, and the communication channels. Second, we present a hierarchical approach to reconfiguration control in multi-FPGA systems.