Title :
The roles of FPGAs in reprogrammable systems
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
fDate :
4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Reprogrammable systems based on field programmable gate arrays are revolutionizing some forms of computation and digital logic. As a logic emulation system, they provide orders of magnitude faster computation than software simulation. As a custom-computing machine, they achieve the highest performance implementation for many types of applications. As a multimode system, they yield significant hardware savings and provide truly generic hardware. In this paper, we discuss the promise and problems of reprogrammable systems. This includes an overview of the chip and system architectures of reprogrammable systems as well as the applications of these systems. We also discuss the challenges and opportunities of future reprogrammable systems
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; logic design; reconfigurable architectures; FPGA; chip architecture; computation; custom-computing machine; digital logic; field programmable gate array; generic hardware; logic emulation; multimode system; reprogrammable system; Adaptive systems; Computational modeling; Costs; Emulation; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; High performance computing; Logic devices; Programmable logic arrays; Programmable logic devices;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
