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A flexible co-processing approach for SoC-FPGAs based on dynamic partial reconfiguration and bitstream relocation methods | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

A flexible co-processing approach for SoC-FPGAs based on dynamic partial reconfiguration and bitstream relocation methods


Abstract:

Today's FPGAs merge the inherent demands on performance and flexibility more efficiently than ever before. Besides the integration of multi-core processors these SoC devi...Show More

Abstract:

Today's FPGAs merge the inherent demands on performance and flexibility more efficiently than ever before. Besides the integration of multi-core processors these SoC devices support dynamic partial reconfiguration of their fabric. Nevertheless, this technology is barely exploited in industrial projects. Major reasons for this position are a lack of design automation and missing abstraction layers. This paper addresses this issue and presents a co-processing framework taking advantage of dynamic reconfiguration while hiding the underlying complexity. At a low level, bitstream relocation methods are provided for Xilinx's 7 series devices, inherently leveraging the system's flexibility and resource utilization. The proposed framework finally provides a set of on-demand reconfigurable co-processing units to a SW-based processing system. This lightweight library based approach offers hardware acceleration for computationally intensive tasks by simple function calls as part of a software design.
Date of Conference: 29 June 2015 - 01 July 2015
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 03 September 2015
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Conference Location: Bremen, Germany

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