Towards the generic reconfigurable accelerator : Algorithm development, core design, and performance analysis

• Adoption of reconfigurable computing is limited in part by the lack of simplified, economic, and reusable solutions. The significant speedup and energy saving can increase performance but also design complexity; in particular for heterogeneous SoCs blending several CPUs, GPUs, and FPGA-Accelerator Cores. On the other hand, implementing complex algorithms in hardware requires modeling and verification, not only HDL generation. Most approaches are too specific without looking for reusability. Therefore, we present a solution based on: (1) a design methodology to develop algorithms accelerated in reconfigurable/non-reconfigurable IP-Cores, using common access tools, and contemplating verification from model to embedded software stages; (2) a generic accelerator core design that enables relocation and reuse almost independently of the algorithm, and data-flow driven execution models; and (3) a performance analysis of the acceleration mechanisms included in our system (i.e., accelerator core, burst I/O transfers, and reconfiguration pre-fetch). In consequence, the implemented system accelerates algorithms (e.g., FIR and Kalman filters) with speedups up to 3 orders of magnitude, compared to processor implementations.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Inbäddad systemteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Embedded Systems (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Annan elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Datorsystem (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Computer Systems (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

field programmable gate arrays

reconfigurable architectures

heterogeneous SoC

performance analysis

reconfigurable computing

Acceleration

Algorithm design and analysis

Hardware

MATLAB

algorithm development

design methodology

embedded system

hardware accelerator

partial and run-time reconfiguration

reconfiguration techniques

system-on-chip

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