DocumentCode
1664742
Title
X4CP32: a coarse grain general purpose reconfigurable microprocessor
Author
Soares, Rodrigo ; Azevedo, Arnaldo ; Silva, Ivan Saraiva
fYear
2003
Abstract
The X4CP32 is a novel coarse RPU runtime-reconfigurable general purpose microprocessor. It consists of 3 programming levels, based on a hierarchical array of easily and quickly reconfigurable entities. It brings a new concept of runtime reconfiguration and programming, which is its main strength. Although it is effective in heavy arithmetic applications, it is suited for virtually any task an application can demand, presenting as a solid option for a general purpose microprocessor.
Keywords
digital arithmetic; parallel architectures; reconfigurable architectures; RPU; X4CP32; coarse grain reconfigurable microprocessor; general purpose reconfigurable microprocessor; heavy arithmetic applications; hierarchical array; programming; runtime reconfiguration; Arithmetic; Communication system control; Digital signal processing; Distributed processing; Embedded system; Microprocessors; Reconfigurable architectures; Runtime; Solids; Systolic arrays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2003. Proceedings. International
ISSN
1530-2075
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1926-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPDPS.2003.1213315
Filename
1213315
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