On Monday, March 19th at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear a talk by
Victor Kaplansky:
Software tools for reconfigurable architectures
Abstract
Reconfigurable computing allows a lower power consumption to achieve
higher performance than software, while maintaining a higher level of
flexibility than hardware. Reconfigurable devices, such as
field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), contain an array of
computational elements whose functionality is determined through
multiple programmable configuration bits. The hardware can be
re-programmed to implement an entirely different circuit.
The focus of the research project ERA (Embedded Reconfigurable
Architectures) is to investigate and propose new methodologies in both
tools and hardware design to break through the walls of rising pressure
in the demand for performance at the lowest possible power budget, and
help design the next-generation embedded systems platforms.
In the talk we discuss the proposed strategy to utilize adaptive
hardware to provide the highest possible performance with limited power
budgets. The envisioned adaptive platform employs a structured design
approach that allows integration of varying computing elements,
networking elements, and memory elements. For computing elements, ERA
utilizes a mixture of commercially available off-the-shelf processor
cores, industry-owned IP cores, and application-specific cores. These
are dynamically adapted regarding their composition, organization, and
even instruction-set architectures, to provide the best possible
performance/power trade-offs.
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We meet in Taub building, room 6. For instructions see:
http://www.haifux.org/where.html
Attendance is free, and you are all invited!
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Future lectures:
02/04/12 Automatic parallelization in GCC: Razya Ladelsky
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We are always interested in hearing your talks and ideas. If you wish to
give a talk, hold a discussion, or just plan some event haifux might be
interested in, please contact us at webmas...@haifux.org
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