Design technology for networked reconfigurable FPGA platforms

Author

Guccione, S. ; Verkest, D. ; Bolsens, I.

Author_Institution

Xilinx Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

994

Lastpage

997

Abstract

Future networked appliances should be able to download new services or upgrades from the network and execute them locally. This flexibility is typically achieved by processors that can download new software over the network, using JAVA technology. The paper demonstrates that FPGAs are a realistic implementation platform for thin server or client applications. FPGAs can offer the same end-user experience as software based systems, combined with more computational power and lower cost

Keywords

Internet; Java; application program interfaces; client-server systems; field programmable gate arrays; network computers; object-oriented methods; reconfigurable architectures; JAVA technology; client applications; computational power; end-user experience; networked appliances; networked reconfigurable FPGA platforms; object oriented support; software based systems; thin server applications; Costs; Digital signal processing; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Home appliances; Java; Logic devices; Network servers; Read only memory; Read-write memory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, 2002. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

1530-1591

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1471-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DATE.2002.998421

Filename

998421