Title :
A decade of reconfigurable computing: a visionary retrospective
Author :
Hartenstein, Reiner
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany
Abstract :
The paper surveys a decade of R&D on coarse grain reconfigurable hardware and related CAD, points out why this emerging discipline is heading toward a dichotomy of computing science, and advocates the introduction of a new soft machine paradigm to replace CAD by compilation
Keywords :
processor scheduling; program compilers; reconfigurable architectures; CAD; coarse grain reconfigurable hardware; compilation; mapping; programming; reconfigurable computing; soft machine paradigm; visionary retrospective; Computer vision; Fabrics; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Microprocessors; Neural networks; Research and development; Routing; Systolic arrays; Wiring;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 2001. Conference and Exhibition 2001. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0993-2
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2001.915091
