Title :
Routability improvement using dynamic interconnect architecture
Author :
Li, Jianmin ; Cheng, Chung-Kuan
Author_Institution :
Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a dynamic architecture for field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based computing systems with the introduction of dynamic field-programmable interconnection devices. The central principle of this new architecture is based on the concept of time-sharing, which we use to efficiently exploit the potential communication bandwidth of interconnection resources. This new architecture not only releases FPGA pin limitation to some degree, but also greatly increases the routability of interconnection networks, resulting in higher overall performance of FPGA-based systems.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; integrated circuit interconnections; logic design; network routing; reconfigurable architectures; communication bandwidth; computing system; dynamic interconnect architecture; field programmable gate array; routability; time-sharing; Bandwidth; Design automation; Field programmable gate arrays; Integrated circuit interconnections; Logic design; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Pins; Programmable logic arrays; Time sharing computer systems; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on