System-Level and Configuration Management for Run-Time Reconfigurable Devices.

摘要

Dynamically reconfigurable hardware (DRHW) not only has high silicon reusability, but it can also deliver high performance for computation-intensive tasks. Advanced features such as run-time reconfiguration (RTR) allow multiple tasks to be mapped onto the same device either simultaneously or multiplexed in time domain. This new type of computing element also brings new challenges in the design process. Design supports at the system level are needed. In addition, the configuration latency and the configuration energy involved in each reconfiguration process can largely degrade the system performance. Approaches to efficiently manage the configuration processes are needed in order to effectively reduce its negative impacts. In this thesis, system level supports for design of DRHW and various configuration management approaches for reducing the impact of configuration overhead are presented.