FPGA computing systems: A Bird's Eye View 

FPGA computing systems: A Bird?s Eye View

Course Introduction

Reconfiguration in Everyday Life

The Needs for Adaptation: an overview

FPGA and reconfiguration: a 1st definition

Runtime management

Programmable System-on-Chip

Programmable System-on-Multiple Chip

Self-Aware Adaptation in FPGA-based Systems [suggested readings]

Self-Awareness as a Model for Designing and Operating Heterogeneous Multicores [suggested readings]

Reconfigurable computing: a survey of systems and software [suggested readings]

ReconOS: An Operating System Approach for Reconfigurable Computing [suggested readings]

R3TOS-Based Autonomous Fault-Tolerant Systems [suggested readings]

Reconfigurations

History of Reconfiguration

FPGA and reconfiguration

Programmable SoC Vs SoMCs

Runtime management

Reconfigurable Computing: a 1st definition

Reconfigurable Computing: HW vs SW

On how to improve the Reconfigurable computing performance via CAD improvements

FPGA-Based Reconfigurable Computing

System design space exploration and rationale behind partial reconfiguration

A platform-independent runtime methodology for mapping multiple applications onto FPGAs through resource virtualization [suggested readings]

A Heterogeneous Multicore System on Chip with Run-Time Reconfigurable Virtual FPGA Architecture [suggested readings]

Partitioning and Scheduling of Task Graphs on Partially Dynamically Reconfigurable FPGAs [suggested readings]

A Mapping-Scheduling Algorithm for Hardware Acceleration on Reconfigurable Platforms [suggested readings]

Reconfigurable Computing Module

Performance

Getting Familiar with FPGAs

FPGA Basic Block: CLBs and IOBs

FPGA Basic Block: Interconnections

FPGA Configuration: an overview

More Details on How To Configure and FPGA: the bitstream files

Bitstream Composition

Configuration Registers

How to handle the complexity of an FPGA-based system

Note on the "Resources"

Physical design for FPGAs [suggested readings]

Multi-Million Gate FPGA Physical Design Challenges [suggested readings]

Getting familiar with FPGAs

FPGA configuration and Bitstream

4 inputs - 1 output OR LUT configuration example

From the LUT to the CLB configuration example

A simplified FPGA and its configuration settings

An Example on how to implement a circuit on a simplified FPGA

An Example on how to implement a circuit on a simplified FPGA: bitstram generation phase - CLBs

An Example on how to implement a circuit on a simplified FPGA: bitstram generation phase - SBs and routing

Conclusion

LUT and CLB

Physical design