Title :
Parallel coprocessor architectures for molecular dynamics simulation: a case study in design space exploration
Author :
Gerber, M. ; Gossi, T.
Author_Institution :
Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
fDate :
31 May-3 Jun 1998
Abstract :
The purpose of the paper is to describe a new semi-automated design space exploration method based on genetic programming. A new control/dataflow specification method is proposed as well as appropriate models for hardware parts and algorithms. With this method we are able to test many different hardware architectures and algorithms against cost, speed, computation time and other constraints within a very short time. The remaining manual work is to exploit the model parameters of the components of the architecture and the algorithm. In contrast to other approaches our method is suited for embedded and distributed systems. The method, models and application are explained in detail by means of a comprehensive case study
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit CAD; coprocessors; data flow computing; digital simulation; genetic algorithms; integrated circuit design; molecular dynamics method; parallel architectures; real-time systems; computation time; control/dataflow specification method; design space exploration; distributed systems; embedded systems; genetic programming; hardware architectures; molecular dynamics simulation; parallel coprocessor architectures; semi-automated design space; Acceleration; Computational modeling; Computer aided software engineering; Computer architecture; Coprocessors; Hardware; Intelligent networks; Pipelines; Space exploration; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1998. ISCAS '98. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4455-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1998.705235
