Efficient Execution of Process Networks on a Reconfigurable Hardware Virtual Machine

In this paper we present a novel use of an FPGA as a computing element for streaming based application. We investigate the virtualized execution of dynamic reconfigurable tasks. We use the process networks model as a coordination language which is interpreted on a virtual machine run-time system. We present and discuss the results of a design space exploration, which evaluates the performance of the system architecture for different configurations.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: FCCM
• Authors: Matthias Dyer, Marco Platzner, Lothar Thiele
• Keywords: Dynamic Reconfigurable Tasks, FCCM 2004, Machine Run-time System, Process Networks Model, VLSI