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CAD Tool for FPGAs with Embedded Hard Cores for Design Space Exploration of Future Architectures
Napa, California April 24-April 26
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S. Dai, University of California, Irvine
E. Bozorgzadeh, University of California, Irvine
In this work, our goal is to develop a flexible CAD tool by which designers can explore integration of different types of embedded hard cores and interfaces in the FPGA architectures. Our tool takes a RTL design and defined embedded hard cores. We have modified VPR for place and route with embedded blocks. We have experimented different modules to be embedded as hard cores on a FPGA device. We also explore the FPGA routing architecture with embedded hard cores by applying uniform and non-uniform routing channels. In many cases, non-uniform channels produce more area-efficient architectures. Our results show that there is a need for a tool for better exploration of design space for FPGAs with embedded hard cores.
Citation:
S. Dai, E. Bozorgzadeh, "CAD Tool for FPGAs with Embedded Hard Cores for Design Space Exploration of Future Architectures," fccm, pp.329-330, 14th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM'06), 2006
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