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A Unified Codesign Run-Time Environment for the UltraSONIC Reconfigurable Computer

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Field Programmable Logic and Application (FPL 2003)

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This paper presents a codesign environment for the UltraSONIC reconfigurable computing platform which is designed specifically for real-time video applications. A codesign environment with automatic partitioning and scheduling between a host microprocessor and a number of reconfigurable processors is described. A unified runtime environment for both hardware and software tasks under the control of a task manager is proposed. The practicality of our system is demonstrated with an FFT application.

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  1. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK

    Theerayod Wiangtong & Peter Y. K. Cheung

  2. Department of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK

    Wayne Luk

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, SW7 2BT, London, UK

    Peter Y. K. Cheung

  2. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, SW7 2BT, London, UK

    George A. Constantinides

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Wiangtong, T., Cheung, P.Y.K., Luk, W. (2003). A Unified Codesign Run-Time Environment for the UltraSONIC Reconfigurable Computer. In: Y. K. Cheung, P., Constantinides, G.A. (eds) Field Programmable Logic and Application. FPL 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2778. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45234-8_39

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