Title :
Graphics acceleration of composite transformations using reconfigurable computing
Author :
Damaj, Issam ; Diab, Hassan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., American Univ. of Beirut, Lebanon
Abstract :
This paper introduces reconfigurable computing (RC) and specifically chooses one of the prototypes in this field, MorphoSys (M1) from UCI. Mapping of different linear algebraic functions, namely vector-scalar operations, onto this hardware is proposed. A performance analysis study of the M1 RC is also presented to evaluate the efficiency of the algorithm execution on the M1 system. For instance, two algorithms on an 8×8 RC array M1 were run, and numerical examples were simulated to validate our results, using the MorphoSys mULATE program, which simulates MorphoSys operations.
Keywords :
computer graphic equipment; coprocessors; performance evaluation; reconfigurable architectures; MorphoSys; linear algebraic functions mapping; mULATE program; performance analysis; reconfigurable computing; vector-scalar operations; Acceleration; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; Design engineering; Hardware; Performance analysis; Process control; Prototypes; Radio control;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics, 2001. ICM 2001 Proceedings. The 13th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7522-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICM.2001.997651
