Configuring Embeddable Adaptive Computing Systems for Multiple Application Domains with Minimal Size , Weight , and Power DARPA Contract F 30602 - 97 - 2 - 0297

.............................................................................................................................2 List of Figures ....................................................................................................................5 Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................6 Introduction........................................................................................................................9 Organizational Structure of the Report ..........................................................................9 Project Overview ..........................................................................................................10 Brief Descriptions of Major Parts of the Report ..........................................................11 Part 1: Optimal Multiprocessor Configuration for SAR..................................................13 Overview of References [1A], [2B], and [3]................................................................13 Part 2: Optimal Communication Scheduling for STAP...................................................17 Overview of References [4C], [5D], [6E], [7], and [8] ..............................................17 Part 3: FPGA Power Prediction and Applications...........................................................20 3.1 FPGA Power Prediction .........................................................................................20 Overview of References [9F] and [10] ........................................................................20 Overview of Reference [11G].......................................................................................22 3.2 FPGA Applications ................................................................................................22 Overview of References [12H] and [13] ......................................................................22 Overview of Reference [14] .........................................................................................23 Overview of Reference [15I] ........................................................................................24 Overview of References [16J] and [17] .......................................................................26 Part 4: Hybrid FPGA/DSP/GPP Platform........................................................................27 Overview of Reference [18K] .......................................................................................27 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................41 Technology Transfer.....................................................................................................41 Deliverables..................................................................................................................41 References........................................................................................................................43 Additional Materials ........................................................................................................46 List of Acronyms .............................................................................................................47 Appendix A: Jeffrey T. Muehring and John K. Antonio, “Optimal Configuration of an Embedded Parallel System for Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing Applications & Technology, Boston, MA, Oct. 1996, pp. 1489-1494. ...............................................................................................48 Appendix B: Jeffrey T. Muehring and John K. Antonio, “Optimal Configuration of Compute Nodes for Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on Embedded HPC Systems and Applications (EHPC ‘98), in Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1388: Parallel and Distributed Processing, edited by Jose Rolim, sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, Orlando, FL, USA, Apr. 1998, pp. 987993....................................................................................................................................55 Appendix C: Jack M. West and John K. Antonio, “Simulation of the Communication Time for a Space-Time Adaptive Processing Algorithm on a Parallel Embedded System,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on Embedded HPC Systems and Applications (EHPC ‘98), in Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1388: Parallel and Distributed