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
Link To Document :
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