Title :
The Plastic Cell Architecture for dynamic reconfigurable computing
Author :
Ito, Hideyuki ; Oguri, Kiyoshi ; Nagami, Kouichi ; Konishi, Ryusuke ; Shiozawa, Tsunemichi
Author_Institution :
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
The authors explain the dynamic manipulation of the object as an essential function which a general purpose computer should have. Introducing this property, they propose a general purpose reconfigurable computer architecture to obtain both performance of the wired logic and generality of the program logic. Since the proposing reconfigurable logic device is a mesh structure of the cell of high plasticity, they name it Plastic Cell Architecture (PCA). Each cell has a dual structure consisting of the built-in part and the plastic part. The plastic part performs as a logic element which constructs the wired logic. And the built-in part takes charge of the reconfiguration. They describe the structure of the cell and the necessary function for the built-in part
Keywords :
reconfigurable architectures; Plastic Cell Architecture; built-in part; dynamic object manipulation; dynamic reconfigurable computing; general purpose reconfigurable computer architecture; mesh structure; plastic part; program logic; reconfigurable logic device; wired logic; Application software; Computer architecture; Data structures; Hardware; Indium tin oxide; Logic circuits; Logic devices; Plastics; Reconfigurable logic; Runtime;
Conference_Titel :
Rapid System Prototyping, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Ninth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Leuven
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8479-8
DOI :
10.1109/IWRSP.1998.676666