Abstract

As VLSI technology continues to improve, configurable hardware devices such as PLDs are progressively replacing many specialized digital integrated circuits. Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are one class of such devices, characterized by their ability to be reconfigured as often as desired. Lately, FPGAs have advanced to the stage where they can host large computational circuits, giving rise to the study of reconfigurable computing as a potential alternative to traditional microprocessors. Most previous reconfigurable computers, however, have been ad hoc designs that are not fully compatible with existing general-purpose computing paradigms. This thesis

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