FPGA Tool-Flow Studies Worksho hosted by CHREC
FPGA Tool-Flow Studies Workshop hosted by CHREC
Last Updated: July 9, 2008
In September of 2007, two nine-month research studies were funded by DARPA to develop proposed research roadmaps that reflect and address the fundamental challenge in
FPGA-based reconfigurable computing, that being productivity and tool flow in application development. CHREC was funded to conduct one
of these studies (at that time consisting of its two founding university sites, the University of Florida and the George Washington University), and the Brigham Young
University teaming with Virginia Tech was funded to conduct the other study (both universities later selected by NSF as new sites of CHREC in December 2007). The culmination of
these two studies was the FPGA Tool-Flow Studies Workshop held on June 5, 2008, in Salt Lake City. The purpose of this workshop was for an invited audience of
DOD-related industry, government, and academic experts in this field to review, refine, and integrate the proposed roadmaps from these two research studies.
Workshop materials are provided below in PDF form.
1-page Research Roadmaps
- FDP: FPGA Design Productivity [PDF]
- SIRCA: Strategic Infrastructure for Reconfigurable Computing Applications [PDF]
- Integrated roadmap diagram [JPEG] ** NEW **
15-page Research Roadmap Reports
- FDP: FPGA Design Productivity [PDF]
- SIRCA: Strategic Infrastructure for Reconfigurable Computing Applications [PDF]
Presentations for Session on Existing Limitations & Root Causes
- FDP: FPGA Design Productivity
[PDF]
- SIRCA: Strategic Infrastructure for Reconfigurable Computing Applications
[PDF]
Presentations for Session on Research Roadmaps
- FDP: FPGA Design Productivity
[PDF]
- SIRCA: Strategic Infrastructure for Reconfigurable Computing Applications
[PDF]
Conference Publications from Studies
- S. Merchant, B. Holland, C. Reardon, A. George, H. Lam, G. Stitt, M. Smith, N. Alam, I. Gonzalez, E. El-Araby, P. Saha, T. El-Ghazawi, H. Simmler, "Strategic
Challenges for Application Development Productivity in Reconfigurable Computing," Proc. of National Aerospace & Electronics Conference (NAECON), Dayton, OH, July
16-18, 2008, to appear. [PDF]
- B. Nelson, M. Wirthlin, B. Hutchings, P. Athanas, S. Bohner, "Design Productivity for Configurable Computing," Proc. of 2008 International Conference on
Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA), Las Vegas, NV, July 14-17, 2008, to appear. [PDF]
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I. Gonzalez, E. El-Araby, P. Saha, T. El-Ghazawi, H. Simmler,
S. Merchant, B. Holland, C. Reardon, A. George, H. Lam, G. Stitt, N. Alam, M. Smith,
"Classification of Application Development for FPGA-Based
Systems," Proc. of National Aerospace & Electronics Conference (NAECON), Dayton, OH, July
16-18, 2008, to appear. [PDF]