Collaborative Proposal: CRI: CRD: Computer-aided Design Tool and Compiler Repository for Reconfigurable Computing

协作提案：CRI：CRD：用于可重构计算的计算机辅助设计工具和编译器存储库

• 批准号: 0708377
• 负责人: Katherine Morrow
• 金额: $ 14.34万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0708377&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; CRI; CRD; Computer

As a result of increased logic capacity, reconfigurable logic devices, such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), have become increasingly important components in many digital systems. The programmable structure of these devices offer designers the opportunity to quickly map parallel designs to silicon while customizing circuitry to exactly the functionality desired. The successful use of this circuitry relies heavily on design mapping flows of intricate and complex computer-aided design tools and compilers. As the programming models used by designers to target reconfigurable logic devices become more diverse, the need to optimize tools both individually and jointly becomes more important. It is widely recognized that researchers in this reconfigurable computing field will require easy access to representative tool sets, documentation describing how to combine them into mapping flows, and a collection of representative benchmarks in the near future to sustain research progress.The need for greater accessibility to freely-available reconfigurable computing CAD tools forms the cornerstone of this proposal. Upon completion of the project, designers will have access to a well-organized repository of documented tools and compilers including documentation on how to coordinate multiple tools together into complete design mapping flows. This infrastructure will allow researchers to optimize existing tools for new design goals and develop new, more advanced tools which use the current infrastructure as a basis. All resources in the infrastructure will be hosted in web-based repositories at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Funding for this project will be used to acquire needed computer hardware and web-based resource distribution materials, and to support graduate student researchers who will organize the infrastructure. Upon completion, the infrastructure will be made publicly-available and will be widely publicized to researchers in a variety of research fields.This proposal outlines a series of development steps to achieve this goal including the acquisition of existing CAD tools and compilers, the construction of a web-based infrastructure, the integration of the individual tools into a series of end-to-end mapping flows, and the development of an infrastructure deployment strategy. The proposed development work is closely tied to learning opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. These students will have the opportunity to become familiar with state-of-the-art design tools and advanced web-design and database building techniques. Preliminary contact with researchers in both academic and commercial settings has indicated strong interest. It is expected that as the project progresses external parties will assist in offering technical direction and support in terms of CAD tools and benchmarks. As the project nears completion, a consortium of academic and industry partners will be solicited to continue support for the infrastructure.

由于逻辑能力的提高，可重构逻辑设备（例如现场可编程栅极阵列（FPGA））已成为许多数字系统中越来越重要的组件。这些设备的可编程结构为设计师提供了将平行设计快速映射到硅的机会，同时将电路定制为所需的功能。该电路的成功使用在很大程度上依赖于复杂且复杂的计算机辅助设计工具和编译器的设计映射流。随着设计人员用来针对可重构逻辑设备的编程模型变得越来越多样化，因此对单独和共同优化工具的需求变得越来越重要。人们普遍认识到，在此可重构计算字段中的研究人员将需要轻松地访问代表性工具集，描述如何将它们组合到映射流中的文档以及在不久的将来的代表性基准集合来维持研究进度。该项目完成后，设计师将可以访问有组织的文档工具和编译器的存储库，包括有关如何将多个工具协调为完整设计映射流的文档。该基础架构将使研究人员能够优化新的设计目标工具，并开发新的，更高级的工具，这些工具将当前的基础架构用作基础。基础设施中的所有资源都将在马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特大学和威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的基于Web的存储库中托管。该项目的资金将用于获取所需的计算机硬件和基于Web的资源分销材料，并支持将组织基础架构的研究生研究人员。 Upon completion, the infrastructure will be made publicly-available and will be widely publicized to researchers in a variety of research fields.This proposal outlines a series of development steps to achieve this goal including the acquisition of existing CAD tools and compilers, the construction of a web-based infrastructure, the integration of the individual tools into a series of end-to-end mapping flows, and the development of an infrastructure deployment strategy.拟议的发展工作与研究生和本科生的学习机会紧密相关。这些学生将有机会熟悉最先进的设计工具以及高级的Web设计和数据库构建技术。在学术和商业环境中与研究人员的初步接触表明，人们对此表示浓厚的兴趣。可以预期，随着项目的进展，外部方将有助于在CAD工具和基准测试方面提供技术方向和支持。随着该项目即将完成，将征求一个学术和行业合作伙伴的财团，以继续支持基础设施。