抄録
Although context memory or configuration cache is a key mechanism for quick dynamicreconfiguration of multi-context Dynamically Reconfigurable Processing Array (DRPA), it requires a large amount of area and energy. In order to save them, methods to remove the context memory from multi-context DRPA are proposed. In order to keep a context without switching, Loop Separation for Keeping Datapath (LSKD)is introduced. By separating loops by the compiler and some additional hardware, the same context can be used without switching in a certain clock cycles. The back-ground configuration data loading time can be reduced by multicastingconfiguration data with two dimensional bit-map. For further reduction, the differential loading and spare register are proposed. With combination of them, the increasing execution time is only up to 12-13% ifthe target application does not have loop-carried dependency. With the above overhead on the performance, the semiconductor area becomes 63%, and the energy consumption is reduced to 40%, thus, the performance per cost or energy is much improved.
本文言語 | English |
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ページ | 92-99 |
ページ数 | 8 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 2012 12月 1 |
イベント | 2012 IEEE 6th International Symposium on Embedded Multi-Core Systems on Chips, MCSoC 2012 - Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan 継続期間: 2012 9月 20 → 2012 9月 22 |
Other
Other | 2012 IEEE 6th International Symposium on Embedded Multi-Core Systems on Chips, MCSoC 2012 |
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国/地域 | Japan |
City | Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima |
Period | 12/9/20 → 12/9/22 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- ハードウェアとアーキテクチャ
- 電子工学および電気工学