Efficient Multilevel Interconnect Topology for Cluster-based Mesh FPGA Architecture

Emna Amouri (1) , Adrien Blanchardon (1) , Roselyne Chotin-Avot (1) , Habib Mehrez (1) , Zied Marrakchi (1)

1 LIP6 - Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6

This paper presents an improved cluster-based Mesh architecture. This architecture has a depopulated intracluster interconnect, and presents a new hierarchical topology for the switch box which unifies a downward and an upward unidirectional networks. Experimental results of 20 MCNC benchmarks show that density is improved and interconnect area requirement is reduced by 42% compared to the cluster-based VPR architecture.

Domaines: Electronique

Emna Amouri, Adrien Blanchardon, Roselyne Chotin-Avot, Habib Mehrez, Zied Marrakchi. Efficient Multilevel Interconnect Topology for Cluster-based Mesh FPGA Architecture. 2013 International Conference on ReConFigurable Computing and FPGAs, Dec 2013, France. pp.1-6. ⟨hal-00987368v1⟩