HoneyComb: An Application-Driven Online Adaptive Reconfigurable Hardware Architecture. (19th July 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thomas, Alexander; Rückauer, Michael; Becker, Jürgen
• Other Names: Melcher Elmar Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of reconfigurable computing. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2012-07-19
• Subjects: Adaptive computing systems -- Periodicals; Adaptive computing systems; Periodicals; 004
• DOI: 10.1155/2012/832531
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-7195

Abstract

Abstract : Since the introduction of the first reconfigurable devices in 1985 the field of reconfigurable computing developed a broad variety of architectures from fine-grained to coarse-grained types. However, the main disadvantages of the reconfigurable approaches, the costs in area, and power consumption, are still present. This contribution presents a solution for application-driven adaptation of our reconfigurable architecture at register transfer level (RTL) to reduce the resource requirements and power consumption while keeping the flexibility and performance for a predefined set of applications. Furthermore, implemented runtime adaptive features like online routing and configuration sequencing will be presented and discussed. A presentation of the prototype chip of this architecture designed in 90 nm standard cell technology manufactured by TSMC will conclude this contribution.