Title :
The design of an evolvable coprocessor environment
Author :
Abielmona, Rami ; Groza, Voicu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
In this paper we propose a design based on a genetic algorithm to evolve the logic circuit of a defined input function, in which we aim to minimize the total number of gates used. Our design is outlined and briefly discussed while our preliminary results are presented and analyzed
Keywords :
circuit CAD; coprocessors; development systems; field programmable gate arrays; genetic algorithms; logic CAD; minimisation of switching nets; FPGA; evolvable coprocessor environment; hardware-implemented genetic algorithm; high-level architecture; logic circuit; Central Processing Unit; Coprocessors; Design engineering; Field programmable gate arrays; Genetic algorithms; Hardware; Information technology; Minimization; Programming profession; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2001. IMTC 2001. Proceedings of the 18th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6646-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2001.928196
