Online codesign on reconfigurable platform for parallel computing

Clément Foucher (1) , Fabrice Muller (1) , Alain Giulieri (1)

1 LEAT - Laboratoire d'Electronique, Antennes et Télécommunications

Reconfigurable hardware offers new ways of accelerating computing by implementing hardware accelerators at run time. In this article, we present an approach allowing a hardware/software codesign of applications in which implementation can be chosen at run time depending on available resources. We propose a platform supporting this flow and describe its different implementations used to prove the feasibility of our approach. This platform allows the underlying hardware to be virtualized in order to have a generic architecture that can be used to run applications. Partial dynamic reconfiguration is used over Xilinx Virtex 5 boards to enhance reconfiguration capabilities.

Domaines: Systèmes embarqués; Architectures Matérielles [cs.AR]

Clément Foucher, Fabrice Muller, Alain Giulieri. Online codesign on reconfigurable platform for parallel computing. Microprocessors and Microsystems: Embedded Hardware Design , 2013, 37 (4-5), pp.482-493. ⟨10.1016/j.micpro.2011.12.007⟩. ⟨hal-00748837⟩