Modeling and Simulation of Embryonic Hardware Structures Designed on FPGA-based Artificial Cell Network Topologies

摘要

The cell-based structure, which makes up the majority of biological organisms, involve nearly perfect self-organization, self-reproduction (multiplying), and fault-tolerance properties in a well organized hierarchical mechanism. By adapting these mechanisms and capabilities from nature, scientific approaches have helped researches understand related phenomena and associated with principles to engine complex novel digital systems and improve their capability. Founded by these observations, the paper is focused on computer-aided modeling and simulation of embryonic hardware configurations designed on FPGA-based artificial cell network topologies. Own developed artificial cell model and artificial organism models are proposed, as basic components of a four level embryonic hardware structures. These models are careful tested through computer-aided investigations, using a specially developed software toolkit designed for VLSI systems real-time simulation operations.