An estimation and simulation framework for energy efficient design using platform FPGAs

Author

Mohanty, Sumit ; Ou, Jingzhao ; Prasanna, Viktor K.

fYear

2003

fDate

9-11 April 2003

Firstpage

290

Lastpage

291

Abstract

We discuss an estimation and simulation framework for energy efficient application design using platform FPGAs. This framework integrates various widely used simulators available for platform FPGAs, allows specification of kernel designs as a set of libraries, and enables efficient application design through the integration of high-level performance estimators and design space exploration tools. This framework is based on the concept of model integrated computing and provides a flexible, extensible, and plug-n-play environment for application design.

Keywords

circuit simulation; field programmable gate arrays; hardware-software codesign; logic design; nonlinear estimation; operating system kernels; performance evaluation; reconfigurable architectures; MIC; design space exploration tool; energy efficiency; extensible environment; field programmable gate array; flexible environment; generic modeling environment; high-level performance estimator; kernel design specification; kernel library; meta model; model integrated computing; platform FPGA; plug-n-play environment; simulation; system control; Application software; Computational modeling; Delay; Energy efficiency; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware design languages; Kernel; Microwave integrated circuits; Parallel processing; Power system modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines, 2003. FCCM 2003. 11th Annual IEEE Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1979-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FPGA.2003.1227275

Filename

1227275