Title :
A Low Power Heterogenous Reconfigurable Architecture For Embedded Generic Finite State Machines
Author :
Liu, Zhenyu ; Khawam, Sami ; Arslan, Tughrul ; Erdogan, Ahmet T.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Electron., Edinburgh Univ.
Abstract :
Domain-specific reconfigurable arrays are usually designed for specific applications and provide a good compromise between speed, power and flexibility. In this paper, a novel reconfigurable finite state machine (FSM) array is presented for implementing generic FSMs. Compared with commercial FPGA devices, the new architecture provides the following reductions: up to 90% in power consumption, up to 55% in area and around 20% in delay time
Keywords :
embedded systems; finite state machines; low-power electronics; reconfigurable architectures; system-on-chip; FPGA devices; domain specific reconfigurable arrays; finite state machine array; generic FSM; heterogenous reconfigurable architecture; power consumption; Automata; Boolean functions; Computer architecture; Costs; Design engineering; Energy consumption; Reconfigurable architectures; Reconfigurable logic; Routing; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
SOC Conference, 2005. Proceedings. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Herndon, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9264-7
DOI :
10.1109/SOCC.2005.1554474
