Research on design method of scalable Configurable IP Core

Aiming at improving the flexibility and reducing the cost of SOC system design, the design of configurable IP core is prerequisite. In this paper, we mainly design a scalable configurable IP core and its configurable interface circuit. We call it FDP (FuDan Programmable) Configurable IP Core. This IP Core meets the requirement of configuration and scalability. Based on FDP Configurable IP Core, we successfully embed it into SOC to realize the application of Evolvable Hardware. Meanwhile, in order to reduce the reconfiguration time and enhance the performance of the whole system, we adopt several methods such as pre-reading configuration and compression of configuration bit stream, to implement the hardware reconfiguration and realize the function effectively. Experimental results initially validate the feasibility and large potential of the embedded scalable Configurable IP Core.