Structured Approach to Dynamic Computing Application Development

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dc.contributor.authorCraven, Stephen Douglasen
dc.contributor.committeechairAthanas, Peter M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSchaumont, Patrick R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPatterson, Cameron D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBohner, Shawn A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBrown, Gary S.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:12:05Zen
dc.date.adate2008-06-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:12:05Zen
dc.date.issued2008-05-01en
dc.date.rdate2008-06-12en
dc.date.sdate2008-05-15en
dc.description.abstractThe ability of some configurable logic devices to modify their hardware during operation has long held great potential to increase performance and reduce device cost. However, despite many research projects and a decade of research, the dynamic reconfiguration of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) is still very much an art practiced by few. Previous attempts to automate the many low-level details that complicate Run-Time Reconfigurable (RTR) application development suffer severe limitations. This dissertation describes a comprehensive approach to dynamic hardware development, providing a designer with appropriate models for computation, communication, and reconfiguration integrated with a high-level design environment. In this way, many manual and time consuming tasks associated with partial reconfiguration are hidden, permitting a designer to focus instead on a design's behavior. This design and implementation environment has been validated on a variety of relevant applications, quantifying the effects of high-level design.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-05152008-074427en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05152008-074427/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27730en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartdissertation.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectField programmable gate arraysen
dc.subjectReconfigurable Computingen
dc.subjectDynamic Computingen
dc.subjectDevelopment Environmenten
dc.titleStructured Approach to Dynamic Computing Application Developmenten
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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