General methodologies to virtualize FPGAs in Hw/Sw systems

The computational needs of an increasing number of applications often require dedicated circuits. Configurable devices, like the Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), are one of the most used solutions to implement such a hardware support. However the size of the circuits that can be mapped on the...

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Vydáno v:Circuits and Systems; Proceedings: Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems s. 90 - 93
Hlavní autoři: Fornaciari, W., Piuri, V.
Médium: Konferenční příspěvek
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: IEEE 1998
Témata:
Application software
Application specific integrated circuits
Costs
Embedded system
Field programmable gate arrays
Hardware
Integrated circuit interconnections
Operating systems
Real time systems
Switches
ISBN:9780818689147, 0818689145
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Shrnutí:The computational needs of an increasing number of applications often require dedicated circuits. Configurable devices, like the Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), are one of the most used solutions to implement such a hardware support. However the size of the circuits that can be mapped on the currently available FPGAs at a medium or low cost is limited with respect to the high demand of several applications in particular when embedded systems and single-chip systems are concerned. This paper introduces some operating-system techniques (namely, partitioning and overlaying) to virtually enlarge the size of the FPGA from the point of view of the applications. The solutions mimic the approaches widely used in the operating systems for virtual memory.
ISBN:9780818689147
0818689145
DOI:10.1109/MWSCAS.1998.759442