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After a decade of active research, Reconfigurable Computing (RC) has yet to prove itself competitive enough to establish a commercial presence. Why? This paper looks for reasons from a pragmatic perspective based on cost-effectiveness. It illustrates a think-model of four dimensions of reasoning that can help evaluate the efficiency of RC approaches. It contributes to augmenting an RC classification system with a choice criteria for each category. RC is found cost-effective for some embedded applications, if certain guidelines are observed. We try to point out practical ways to identify those cases.
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Kastrup, B., van Meerbergen, J., Nowak, K. (1999). Seeking (the Right) Problems for the Solutions of Reconfigurable Computing. In: Lysaght, P., Irvine, J., Hartenstein, R. (eds) Field Programmable Logic and Applications. FPL 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1673. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48302-1_63
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