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Supercomputing with reconfigurable architectures

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Field-Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL 1995)

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Recently, several research and commercial systems based on reconfigurable logic have been implemented. These machines have demonstrated supercomputer levels of performance for a number of algorithms. While these demonstrations have been impressive, it is not clear that architectures based on reconfigurable logic will necessarily be suitable for algorithms commonly executed on supercomputers. This paper discusses the implementation of Livermore Fortran Kernels for a supercomputer class machine based on reconfigurable logic.

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  1. Computer Engineering Research Center Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, Texas

    Steven A. Guccione & Mario J. Gonzalez

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Guccione, S.A., Gonzalez, M.J. (1995). Supercomputing with reconfigurable architectures. In: Moore, W., Luk, W. (eds) Field-Programmable Logic and Applications. FPL 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 975. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60294-1_133

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