Placing Streaming Applications with Similarities on Dynamically Partially Reconfigurable Architectures

Angermeier J, Wildermann S, Sibirko E, Teich J (2010)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2010

Edited Volumes: Proceedings - 2010 International Conference on Reconfigurable Computing and FPGAs, ReConFig 2010

Pages Range: 91-96

Conference Proceedings Title: Proc. International Conference on ReConFigurable Computing and FPGAs

Event location: Cancun MX

DOI: 10.1109/ReConFig.2010.52

Abstract

By means of partial reconfiguration, parts of the hardware can be dynamically exchanged during operation what allows to adapt the system to changing requirements, and even enables the implementation of self-managing systems. This however requires sophisticated system architectures as well as proper algorithmic runtime support. In this paper, we present an algorithm for placing streaming applications at runtime. The approach considers the heterogeneity of common FPGAs, such as Block-RAMs, as well as the routing restrictions of on-chip streaming interconnections. To reduce reconfiguration time, we extend the data flow graphs by OR-nodes to describe differing parts of applications while keeping their similarities. This allows us to model systems which only reconfigure differing parts when switching between applications. The proposed algorithm is implemented as runtime support on an FPGA-based system-on-chip. © 2010 IEEE.

Authors with CRIS profile

Josef Angermeier Lehrstuhl für Informatik 12 (Hardware-Software-Co-Design) Stefan Wildermann Lehrstuhl für Informatik 12 (Hardware-Software-Co-Design) Jürgen Teich Lehrstuhl für Informatik 12 (Hardware-Software-Co-Design)

How to cite

APA:

Angermeier, J., Wildermann, S., Sibirko, E., & Teich, J. (2010). Placing Streaming Applications with Similarities on Dynamically Partially Reconfigurable Architectures. In Proc. International Conference on ReConFigurable Computing and FPGAs (pp. 91-96). Cancun, MX.

MLA:

Angermeier, Josef, et al. "Placing Streaming Applications with Similarities on Dynamically Partially Reconfigurable Architectures." Proceedings of the International Conference on ReConFigurable Computing and FPGAs (ReConFig'10), Cancun 2010. 91-96.

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