Title :
Modelling and Quantitative Analysis of Coupling Mechanisms of Programmable Processor Cores and Arithmetic Oriented eFPGA Macros
Author :
von Sydow, T. ; Korb, M. ; Neumann, B. ; Blume, H. ; Noll, T.G.
Author_Institution :
Chair of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Syst., RWTH Aachen Univ.
Abstract :
Advances in semiconductor technology and ever growing complexity of modern digital systems facilitate the design of novel architectures integrating former self-contained architecture blocks on one die. In this contribution a SoC basically combined of a RISC processor core and an arithmetic oriented eFPGA is modelled, quantitatively analysed and in particular coupling aspects of the eFPGA and the RISC processor core are discussed. These coupling mechanisms are quantitatively evaluated in terms of energy efficiency, area and performance. Furthermore, decisive design parameters for the coupling like the degree of coupling etc. are discussed and compared with other realisations for exemplary operators (DES, median filter)
Keywords :
digital arithmetic; embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; reconfigurable architectures; reduced instruction set computing; system-on-chip; RISC processor core; RPU processor architecture; SoC; arithmetic oriented eFPGA macros; coupling mechanism; decisive design parameters; exemplary operators; modern digital system; programmable processor core; quantitative analysis; reconfigurable processing unit; semiconductor technology; Application software; Application specific processors; Arithmetic; Computer architecture; Digital systems; Energy efficiency; Field programmable gate arrays; Process control; Process design; Reduced instruction set computing;
Conference_Titel :
Reconfigurable Computing and FPGA's, 2006. ReConFig 2006. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Luis Potosi
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0690-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0690-0
DOI :
10.1109/RECONF.2006.307777
