• DocumentCode
    2309135
  • Title

    Trigger algorithm development on FPGA-based Compute Nodes

  • Author

    Liu, Ming ; Jantsch, Axel ; Jin, Dapeng ; Kopp, Andreas ; Kuehn, Wolfgang ; Lang, Johannes ; Li, Lu ; Lange, Soeren ; Liu, Zhen´An ; Lu, Zhonghai ; Muenchow, David ; Pechenov, Vladimir ; Roskoss, Johannes ; Spataro, Stephano ; Wang, Qiang ; Xu, Hao

  • Author_Institution
    II. Phys. Inst., Justus-Liebig-Univ., Giessen, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    478
  • Lastpage
    484
  • Abstract
    Based on the ATCA computation architecture and compute nodes (CN), investigation and implementation work has been being executed for HADES and PANDA trigger algorithms. We present our designs for HADES track reconstruction processing, Cherenkov ring recognition, time-of-flight processing, electromagnetic shower recognition, and the PANDA straw tube tracking algorithm. They will appear as co-processors in the uniform system design to undertake the detector-specific computing. The algorithm principles was explained and hardware designs was described in the paper. The current progress reveals the feasibility to implement these algorithms on FPGAs. Also experimental results demonstrate the performance speedup when compared to alternative software solutions, as well as the potential capability of high-speed parallel/pipelined processing in data acquisition and trigger systems.
  • Keywords
    field programmable gate arrays; nuclear electronics; nuclear engineering computing; trigger circuits; ATCA computation architecture; Cherenkov ring recognition; FPGA-based compute nodes; HADES track reconstruction processing; HADES trigger algorithm; PANDA straw tube tracking algorithm; PANDA trigger algorithm; data acquisition; detector-specific computing; electromagnetic shower recognition; hardware designs; parallel processing; pipelined processing; time-of-flight processing; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer architecture; Coprocessors; Data acquisition; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Pattern analysis; Pattern recognition; Physics computing; Software systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Real Time Conference, 2009. RT '09. 16th IEEE-NPSS
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4454-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RTC.2009.5321547
  • Filename
    5321547