Dedicated architecture for double precision matrix multiplication in supercomputing environment

The utilization of FPGA in supercomputing is an emerging idea. That is obviously due to the progress in semiconductor technology. Today´s FPGA capacity allow for double precision floating point arithmetic implementation. In this paper authors present their approach to the custom matrix multiplication implementation. Matrix multiplication is a key operation in linear algebra scientific calculations. Presented architecture is dedicated to act as a part of reconfigurable accelerator for SGI Altix 4700 supercomputer system. Architecture of the hardware and synthesis results are presented.