A study on interconnection networks of the dynamically reconfigurable processor array MuCCRA

Masaru Kato, Toru Sano, Yoshihiro Yasuda, Yoshiki Saito, Hideharu Amano

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Abstract

A Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor Array (DRPA) is consisting of a number of PEs, and its interconnection of PE array gives a large effect on the total area, energy and performance. However, there is no study of DRPAs focused on their PE network. In this paper, we designed four types of DRPAs based on MuCCRA, developed in MuCCRA(Multi-Core Configurable Reconfigurable Architecture) project. They have different topologies, which are direct interconnection, island-style interconnection and two kinds of hybrid interconnection. They are evaluated using three different PE array sizes. As a result, a MuCCRA with hybrid network, which has the highest degree of connectivity, is able to execute DCT faster than the other MuCCRAs, but requires more area by 20% than MuCCRA with direct network. On energy consumption, MuCCRA with direct links consumes 7 times more energy at maximum than island-style-interconnected MuCCRAs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, FPT'09
Pages415-418
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009 Dec 1
Event2009 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, FPT'09 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 2009 Dec 92009 Dec 11

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, FPT'09

Other

Other2009 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, FPT'09
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period09/12/909/12/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Software

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