Title :
Perspectives on custom computing
Author :
Luk, Wayne ; Styles, Henry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fDate :
Oct. 29 2000-Nov. 1 2000
Abstract :
Custom computing involves customising computations for one or more applications in a given implementation technology. We describe a framework for customising designs using appropriate libraries, compilers, validation facilities, application programming interfaces and front-end tools. The development of custom architectures, data formats and operations is presented. We show how circuits can be customised at run time to adapt to changes in the operating conditions. Graphics examples are used throughout the paper to illustrate our approach.
Keywords :
application program interfaces; application specific integrated circuits; computer graphics; reconfigurable architectures; application programming interface; compiler; computer graphics; custom architecture; custom circuit; custom computing; data format; design methodology; front-end tool; library; reconfigurable hardware; validation facility; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Computer architecture; Design optimization; Fabrication; Field programmable gate arrays; Graphics; Hardware; Libraries; Runtime;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers, 2000. Conference Record of the Thirty-Fourth Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6514-3
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.2000.910980
