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Reconfigurable Logic is often integrated into a computer system as a combination of one CPU and one or more FPGAs. Here we investigated in the integration of FPGAs as coprocessors into a parallel computer system, respective a cluster computer system. The nodes of the cluster are coupled by the Scaleable Coherent Interface (SCI) and operate under RT-Linux. In this paper we describe how we integrated FPGAs into the system and show the first results of performance and latency measurement.
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Lehmann, T., Schreckenberg, A. (2001). Case Study of Integration of Reconfigurable Logic as a Coprocessor into a SCI-Cluster under RT-Linux. In: Brebner, G., Woods, R. (eds) Field-Programmable Logic and Applications. FPL 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2147. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44687-7_69
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