Title :
A Multicore Architecture for High-Performance Scientific Computing Using FPGAs
Author :
Cobos Carrascosa, J.P. ; Aparicio del Moral, B. ; Ramos, J.L. ; Lopez Jimenez, A.C. ; del Toro Iniesta, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Astrofis. de Andalucia, Consejo Super. de Investig. Cientificas, Granada, Spain
Abstract :
A multicomputer architecture is proposed in order to achieve high performance in floating point using FPGA devices. This architecture is used in the system prototype of an instrument that carries out a real-time scientific data analysis aboard the ESA´s Solar Or biter space mission. A novel method for parallelizing the scientific algorithm in multicore systems is developed. A software tool that automatizes the architecture design process and configuration is presented.
Keywords :
astronomy computing; field programmable gate arrays; floating point arithmetic; multiprocessing systems; parallel architectures; scientific information systems; ESA Solar Orbiter space mission; FPGA devices; architecture design configuration automatization; architecture design process automatization; floating point; high-performance scientific computing; multicore architecture; real-time scientific data analysis; scientific algorithm parallelization; software tool; Field programmable gate arrays; Multicore processing; Pipeline processing; Ports (Computers); Program processors; Software algorithms; FPGA; MIMD; high-performance; multi-core; software pipelining;
Conference_Titel :
Embedded Multicore/Manycore SoCs (MCSoc), 2014 IEEE 8th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Aizu-Wakamatsu
DOI :
10.1109/MCSoC.2014.39
