Minimizing Internal Fragmentation by Fine-grained Two-dimensional Module Placement for Runtime Reconfigurable Systems

Koch D, Beckhoff C, Teich J (2009)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2009

Edited Volumes: Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines, FCCM 2009

Pages Range: 251-254

Conference Proceedings Title: Proc. 17th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines

Event location: Napa, CA US

DOI: 10.1109/FCCM.2009.40

Abstract

This paper analyzes fragmentation issues and proves that the reconfigurable area must be tiled much finer as has been done in existing approaches. The optimal tile grid can typically only be implemented by tiling the reconfigurable area into a two-dimensional grid. This will further increase the utilization of dedicated resources such as block RAMs. In order to provide communication with the reconfigurable modules, the novel ReCoBus communication architecture is enhanced for two-dimensional communication. A case study will demonstrate a system with 248 individual logic tiles that are each less than 200 LUTs in size while still being able of providing a module connection in each particular tile. © 2009 IEEE.

Authors with CRIS profile

Jürgen Teich Lehrstuhl für Informatik 12 (Hardware-Software-Co-Design)

Related research project(s)

Optimization methodologies for reconfiguration management on reconfigurable hardware nodes (ReCoNodes) SPP 1148: Rekonfigurierbare Rechensysteme June 1, 2003 - May 31, 2009 Design methodology for embedded system made upon small networks of hardware reconfigurable nodes and connections (ReCoNets) SPP 1148: Rekonfigurierbare Rechensysteme June 1, 2003 - May 31, 2009

How to cite

APA:

Koch, D., Beckhoff, C., & Teich, J. (2009). Minimizing Internal Fragmentation by Fine-grained Two-dimensional Module Placement for Runtime Reconfigurable Systems. In Proc. 17th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (pp. 251-254). Napa, CA, US.

MLA:

Koch, Dirk, Christian Beckhoff, and Jürgen Teich. "Minimizing Internal Fragmentation by Fine-grained Two-dimensional Module Placement for Runtime Reconfigurable Systems." Proceedings of the 17th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM'09), Napa, CA 2009. 251-254.

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