Dataflow Analysis and Optimization of High Level Language Code for Hardware-Software Co-Design

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dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, R. Brendanen
dc.contributor.committeechairAthanas, Peter M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDavis, Nathaniel J. IVen
dc.contributor.committeememberAbbott, A. Lynnen
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:51:23Zen
dc.date.adate1996-05-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:51:23Zen
dc.date.issued1996-05-07en
dc.date.rdate1996-05-07en
dc.date.sdate1998-07-20en
dc.description.abstractRecent advancements in FPGA technology have provided devices which are not only suited for digital logic prototyping, but also are capable of implementing complex computations. The use of these devices in multi-FPGA Custom Computing Machines (CCMs) has provided the potential to execute large sections of programs entirely in custom hardware which can provide a substantial speedup over execution in a general-purpose sequential processor. Unfortunately, the development tools currently available for CCMs do not allow users to easily configure multi-FPGA platforms. In order to exploit the capabilities of such an architecture, a procedure has been developed to perform a dataflow analysis of programs written in C which is capable of several hardware-specific optimizations. This, together with other software tools developed for this purpose, allows CCMs and their host processors to be targeted from the same high-level specification.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-382215659641571en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-382215659641571/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36653en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCCMen
dc.subjectco-designen
dc.subjecthardware compilationen
dc.titleDataflow Analysis and Optimization of High Level Language Code for Hardware-Software Co-Designen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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