A Scalable Processor with Embedded Software for Large-Scale Scientific Applications
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We present a scalable, dynamically reconfigurable processor design that encompasses both reconfigurable circuitry and software-capable programmability for supercomputing applications on FPGAs. Advanced FPGA chips contain both reconfigurable logic blocks and embedded processor cores, providing the developer with an environment for embedded system design1. Since the reconfigurable fabric and the embedded processor cores can be programmed and used independently of each other or in any combination with each other, the designer has a flexible platform in which new avenues of research are possible.
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