— BLAST is a very popular Computational Biology algorithm. Since it is computationally expensive it is a natural target for acceleration research, and many reconfigurable archite...
Modern FPGAs, such as the Xilinx Virtex-II Series, offer the feature of partial and dynamic reconfiguration, allowing to load various hardware configurations (i.e., HW modules) du...
While customizable processors aim at combining the flexibility of general purpose processors with the speed and power advantages of custom circuits, commercially available process...
The software product family paradigm is becoming increasingly relevant in embedded system development. Embedded system development with a software-intensive character is typically...