Title :
Teramac-configurable custom computing
Author :
Amerson, Rick ; Carter, Richard J. ; Culbertson, Bruce W. ; Kuekes, Phil ; Snider, Greg
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Teramac configurable hardware system can execute synchronous logic designs of up to one million gates at rates up to 1 megahertz. A fully configured Teramac includes half a gigabyte of RAM and hardware support for large multiported register files. The system has been built from custom FPGA´s packaged in large multichip modules (MCMs). A large custom circuit (~1,000,000 gates) may be compiled onto the hardware in approximately 2 hours, without user intervention. The system is being used to explore the potential of custom computing machinery (CCM)
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; computer architecture; field programmable gate arrays; multichip modules; CCM; RAM; Teramac configurable hardware system; configurable custom computing; custom computing machinery; fully configured Teramac; hardware support; large custom circuit; large multichip modules; large multiported register files; synchronous logic designs; Circuits; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Multichip modules; Plasmas; Read-write memory; Registers; Switches;
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.1995.477406
