Seeking solutions in configurable computing

Author

Mangione-Smith, William H. ; Hutchings, Brad ; Andrews, David ; DeHon, André ; Ebeling, Carl ; Hartenstein, Reiner ; Mencer, Oskar ; Morris, John ; Palem, Krishna ; Prasanna, Viktor K. ; Spaanenburg, Henk A E

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

30

Issue

12

fYear

1997

fDate

12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

43

Abstract

Configurable computing offers the potential of producing powerful new computing systems. Will current research overcome the dearth of commercial applicability to make such systems a reality? Unfortunately, no system to date has yet proven attractive or competitive enough to establish a commercial presence. We believe that ample opportunity exists for work in a broad range of areas. In particular, the configurable computing community should focus on refining the emerging architectures, producing more effective software/hardware APIs, better tools for application development that incorporate the models of hardware reconfiguration, and effective benchmarking strategies

Keywords

application program interfaces; performance evaluation; reconfigurable architectures; utility programs; application development; benchmarking strategies; commercial applicability; commercial presence; computing systems; configurable computing; current research; emerging architectures; hardware reconfiguration; software/hardware APIs; Application software; Bandwidth; Circuits; Computer architecture; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; High performance computing; Logic arrays; Programmable logic arrays; Prototypes; Refining; Software tools; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.642810

Filename

642810