A Novel FPGA Architecture and an Integrated Framework of CAD Tools for Implementing Applications

  • Authors:

  • Konstantinos Siozios;George Koutroumpezis;Konstantinos Tatas;Nikolaos Vassiliadis;Vasilios Kalenteridis;Haroula Pournara;Ilias Pappas;Dimitrios Soudris;Antonios Thanailakis;Spiridon Nikolaidis;Stilianos Siskos

  • Affiliations:

  • The authors are with the VLSI Design and Testing Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, 67100, Greece. E-mail: dsoudris@ee.duth.gr,;The authors are with the VLSI Design and Testing Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, 67100, Greece. E-mail: dsoudris@ee.duth.gr,;The authors are with the VLSI Design and Testing Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, 67100, Greece. E-mail: dsoudris@ee.duth.gr,;The authors are with the Electronics and Computers Div., Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece.;The authors are with the Electronics and Computers Div., Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece.;The authors are with the Electronics and Computers Div., Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece.;The authors are with the Electronics and Computers Div., Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece.;The authors are with the VLSI Design and Testing Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, 67100, Greece. E-mail: dsoudris@ee.duth.gr,;The authors are with the VLSI Design and Testing Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, 67100, Greece. E-mail: dsoudris@ee.duth.gr,;The authors are with the Electronics and Computers Div., Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece.;The authors are with the Electronics and Computers Div., Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece.

  • Venue:
  • IEICE - Transactions on Information and Systems
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

A complete system for the implementation of digital logic in a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) platform is introduced. The novel power-efficient FPGA architecture was designed and simulated in STM 0.18 μm CMOS technology. The detailed design and circuit characteristics of the Configurable Logic Block, the interconnection network, the switch box and the connection box were determined and evaluated in terms of energy, delay and area. A number of circuit-level low-power techniques were employed because power consumption was the primary concern. Additionally, a complete tool framework for the implementation of digital logic circuits in FPGA platforms is introduced. Having as input VHDL description of an application, the framework derives the reconfiguration bitstream of FPGA. The framework consists of: i) non-modified academic tools, ii) modified academic tools and iii) new tools. Furthermore, the framework can support a variety of FPGA architectures. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons with existing academic and commercial architectures and tools are provided, yielding promising results.