Title :
An FPGA for multi-chip reconfigurable logic
Author :
Amerson, R. ; Carter, R. ; Culbertson, W. ; Kuekes, P. ; Snider, G. ; Albertson, L.
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Plasma chip, designed specifically to address issues important to custom computing machines (CCM), completes a 100% fully automatic place and route in approximately three seconds. Plasma FPGAs using 0.8 micron CMOS are packaged in large multichip modules (MCMs). Plasma introduces some innovative architecture concepts including hardware support for large multiported register files
Keywords :
CMOS logic circuits; circuit layout CAD; field programmable gate arrays; logic CAD; multichip modules; multiport networks; network routing; reconfigurable architectures; 0.8 micron; CMOS; FPGA; Plasma chip; architecture concepts; automatic place and route; custom computing machines; hardware support; multi-chip reconfigurable logic; multichip modules; multiported register files; Computer architecture; Costs; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Integrated circuit interconnections; Plasma applications; Reconfigurable logic; Registers; Switches; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the IEEE 1996
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3117-6
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1996.510529
