DocumentCode
2731146
Title
Scalable host controller for modular hardware accelerator
Author
Yee, Chen Kah ; bin Sidek, Othman ; Hak, Teh Chee ; Li, Leow Weng
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Malaysia
fYear
2011
fDate
25-28 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
445
Lastpage
448
Abstract
This paper presents a scalable host controller for modular hardware accelerator. Designing a hardware method of scalable host controller can handle multiple processing units at the same time. Currently in System on Chip (SoC) design, multiple processing units accessing the memory to request a task lead to inefficient communications due to bus congestion. In addition, designing a scalable host controller helps the transactions schedule consistently between different processing units in the modular hardware accelerator. In this paper, the hardware approach of scalable host controller design is expected to support up to seven different processing units.
Keywords
integrated circuit design; system-on-chip; bus congestion; modular hardware accelerator; scalable host controller; system on chip design; transaction scheduling; Engines; Generators; Graphics; Hardware; Process control; System software; Acknowledgement (ACK); Command Register (CMDREG); Hardware Accelerator (HA); Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI); Transfer Descriptor (TD); Transfer Request Block (TRB); Transfer Ring Address (TRADDR); Workload Generator (WG);
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Industrial Electronics and Applications (ISIEA), 2011 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Langkawi
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1418-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISIEA.2011.6108749
Filename
6108749
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