Title :
A FCCM for dataflow (spreadsheet) programs
Author :
Lew, Art ; Halverson, Richard, Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA
Abstract :
We show how the University of Hawaii´s field programmable gate array (FPGA) based custom machine (FCCM) can be used for dataflow programs expressed as spreadsheets. We also describe some nontrivial applications of this dataflow spreadsheet FCCM. These applications include computing the discrete cosine transform and solving dynamic programming problems
Keywords :
computer architecture; data flow computing; dynamic programming; field programmable gate arrays; parallel programming; spreadsheet programs; FCCM; FPGA based custom machine; dataflow spreadsheet programs; discrete cosine transform; dynamic programming problems; field programmable gate array; nontrivial applications; Application software; Computer applications; Computer architecture; Computer languages; Coprocessors; Discrete cosine transforms; Dynamic programming; Field programmable gate arrays; Programming profession; Random access memory;
Conference_Titel :
FPGAs for Custom Computing Machines, 1995. Proceedings. IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Napa Valley, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7548-9
DOI :
10.1109/FPGA.1995.477403