A Flexible and Efficient Reconfigurable Architecture based on Multi-Agent Systems

摘要

Nowadays, reconfigurable architectures (RAs) are very popular to design digital systems. One of the most important property of this system is flexibility. Runtime remapping is the concern that related to the flexibility concern. Recently some methods have been presented for runtime remapping. These methods aren't reliable because a single agent or compiler remap the architecture. In this paper, we propose an intelligent reconfigurable architecture that its structure is based on a hierarchical multi-agent system. The method prepares runtime remapping for RA by interview and interaction between the system's agents. We designed the structure in three layers. In this work, the aim of runtime remapping is enhancing flexibility and lifetime of the RA. For evaluation, we have simulated and implemented the method by HDL coding to study its feasibility and practicality. We evaluated the RA by three benchmarks. Results show the effect of our method on the lifetime and flexibility of the system. We see in results that the RA's lifetime and flexibility enhanced significantly.