Techniques for virtual hardware on a dynamically reconfigurable processor - An approach to tough cases

Hideharu Amano, Takeshi Inuo, Hirokazu Kami, Taro Fujii, Masayasu Suzuki

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Abstract

Virtual hardware is difficult to implement even on recent dynamically reconfigurable processors when the loop body of the target application cannot be stored in the set of quickly switch-able contexts. Here, techniques for such tough cases are proposed. Differential configuration which changes only different parts of similar contexts can drastically reduce the time for re-configuration. Pairwise context assignment policy can hide the overhead of configuration with double buffering. Out-of-order context switching enables execution of available context in advance. Through an implementation example on NEC's DRP-1, it appears that the virtual hardware can be executed with practical speed by combining the proposed techniques.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsJurgen Becker, Marco Platzner, Serge Vernalde
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages464-473
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)3540229892, 9783540229896
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3203
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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