Title :
Run-Time Reconfiguration Support for FPGAs with Embedded CPUs: The Hardware Layer
Author :
Ferreira, João Canas ; Silva, Miguel M.
Author_Institution :
FEUP, Portugal
Abstract :
We report on work in progress that aims to provide a run-time management kernel for applications running on FPGAs with embedded CPUs. We describe the global concept, the organization of the hardware environment for the reconfigurable modules and the reconfiguration strategy supported by the run-time management kernel. Practical issues concerning the implementation of the system on a Virtex-II Pro-based board are also addressed.
Keywords :
embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; operating system kernels; reconfigurable architectures; FPGA; Virtex-II Pro-based board; embedded CPU; reconfigurable module; reconfiguration strategy; run-time management kernel; run-time reconfiguration; Central Processing Unit; Circuits; Engineering management; Environmental management; Fabrics; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Kernel; Memory management; Runtime environment;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2005. Proceedings. 19th IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2312-9
DOI :
10.1109/IPDPS.2005.385
