High-Level Languages and Floating-Point Arithmetic for FPGA-Based CFD Simulations

Author

Sanchez-Roman, Diego ; Sutter, Gustavo ; Lopez-Buedo, Sergio ; Gonzalez, Ivan ; Gomez-Arribas, Francisco J. ; Aracil, Javier ; Palacios, Francisco

Author_Institution

Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Volume

28

Issue

4

fYear

2011

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

37

Abstract

Computational fluid dynamics is a classical problem in high-performance computing. In order to make use of an existing code base in this field, the use of high-level design tools is an imperative. The authors explore the use of the Impulse C design tools for a Navier-Stokes implementation.

Keywords

Navier-Stokes equations; computational fluid dynamics; field programmable gate arrays; floating point arithmetic; flow simulation; CFD simulation; FPGA; Navier-Stokes implementation; computational fluid dynamics; floating-point arithmetic; high-level design tool; high-level languages; high-performance computing; impulse C design tool; Computational fluid dynamics; Field programmable gate arrays; Floating-point arithmetic; Optimization; Pipeline processing; FPGA-based acceleration; Impulse C; Navier-Stokes equations; Xtreme Data In-Socket Accelerator; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); design and test; floating-point arithmetic; high-level languages; high-performance reconfigurable computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Design & Test of Computers, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7475

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MDT.2011.88

Filename

6064697