Compute-Oriented FPGA device architectures and tools

面向计算的 FPGA 设备架构和工具

• 批准号: 430454-2012
• 负责人: Lemieux, Guy
• 金额: $ 7.18万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Strategic Projects - Group
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=532908
• 关键词: Compute; Oriented; FPGA; device; architectures

Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices are novel semiconductor devices used to build hardware systems. However, slow compilation and limited capacity greatly restricts productivity with FPGAs. FPGA compilation can take hours or even days for large designs. This limits the design productivity of hardware engineers, and frustrates software programmers using FPGAs for computing tasks. The naturally limited device capacity also makes it tedious and difficult to map applications, particular computing tasks, to FPGAs. These limitations greatly hinder the adoption of FPGAs into new markets such as general-purpose computing.

现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）器件是用于构建硬件系统的新型半导体器件。然而，缓慢的编译和有限的容量极大地限制了FPGA的生产力。 对于大型设计，FPGA编译可能需要数小时甚至数天。这限制了硬件工程师的设计生产力，并使使用FPGA进行计算任务的软件程序员感到沮丧。自然有限的设备容量也使得将应用、特定计算任务映射到FPGA变得繁琐和困难。这些限制极大地阻碍了FPGA在通用计算等新市场中的应用。