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This paper describes a dynamically reconfigurable hardware-based computer called the Plastic Cell Architecture (PCA). PCA consists of dualstructured sea-of-cells that consist of a built-in part and a plastic part. The built-in part forms ‘cellular automata’ while the plastic part looks like an SRAM-based FPGA. We detail the design flow especially how to implement logic onto the processing element. The advantages of PCA, considering VLSI implementation and several application examples, are also described.
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Nakada, H. et al. (1999). Plastic cell architecture: A dynamically reconfigurable hardware-based computer. In: Rolim, J., et al. Parallel and Distributed Processing. IPPS 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1586. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0097953
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