Egret: A Flexible Platform for Real-Time Reconfigurable Systems on Chip

摘要

The new technology of reconfigurable System-on-Chip is a good match to the requirements of real-time embedded systems. However, the complicated design of such systems remains an obstacle to the widespread practical adoption of this technology. One method for reducing the incremental cost of new designs is to develop a generic platform for the design, prototyping and implementation of reconfigurable real-time systems. This paper presents our requirements for this platform, which we have dubbed Egret (Experimental Generic Reconfigurable Embedded Target). We describe our initial thinking on the design of this platform, and outline some of the high-level design choices made so far.