RISA: A Hardware Platform for Evolutionary Design

Author

Greensted, Andrew J. ; Tyrrell, Andy M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., York Univ.

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 April 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Reconfigurable integrated system array is a new form of field programmable digital device incorporating both hardware and software reconfigurable elements. RISA was developed specifically for implementing biologically inspired electronic systems. The architecture is particularly suited for investigating evolvable hardware due to the flexibility of RISA´s configuration system. Fine grained partial reconfiguration is supported and random configuration bitstreams will not cause device damage. This paper describes the new RISA chip and the features that make it suitable for bio-inspired applications.

Keywords

evolutionary computation; field programmable gate arrays; RISA chip; bioinspired applications; biologically inspired electronic systems; evolutionary design; evolvable hardware; field programmable digital device; fine grained partial reconfiguration; hardware reconfigurable elements; random configuration bitstreams; reconfigurable integrated system array; software reconfigurable elements; Adaptive arrays; Application specific integrated circuits; Computer architecture; Conferences; Electronic components; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Humans; Manufacturing; Microcontrollers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Evolvable and Adaptive Hardware, 2007. WEAH 2007. IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0699-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WEAH.2007.361703

Filename

4205228