MECHANISM FOR INTEGRATING PROGRAMMABLE DEVICES INTO SOFTWARE BASED FRAMEWORKS FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING

摘要

A layered mechanism (Fig. 1) for integrating programmable devices into software based frameworks for distributed processing wherein the software framework (16) interfaces with an adaptation layer (10), which in turn interfaces with a programmable device (12), such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The adaptation layer (10) specifies and enforces compatible electrical, physical and logical interfaces between the programmable device (12) and the software-based framework (16) of which the device (12), the application running on it, and the adaptation layer (10) form a component.