Title :
Self-Reconfigurable Embedded Systems on Low-Cost FPGAs
Author :
Gonzalez, Ivan ; Aguayo, Estanislao ; Lopez-Buedo, Sergio
Author_Institution :
George Washington Univ., Washington
Abstract :
Hardware acceleration significantly increases the performance of embedded systems built on programmable logic. allowing an fpga-based mlcroblaze processor to self-select the coprocessors it uses can help reduce area requirements and increase a system´s versatility. with a simple hardware arrangement, requiring only a few external connections and no additional components, low-cost FPGAs such as Xilinx´s spartan-3 can become self-reconfigurable platforms.
Keywords :
embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; logic design; FPGA-based microblaze processor; hardware acceleration; programmable logic; self-reconfigurable embedded system; Acceleration; Coprocessors; Embedded system; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Logic design; Protocols; Reconfigurable logic; Runtime; System-on-a-chip; algorithms implemented in hardware; real-time and embedded systems; reconfigurable hardware; special-purpose and application-based systems;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
