Programmable Active Memories: Reconfigurable Systems Come of Age (1996)
| Venue: | IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems |
| Citations: | 123 - 5 self |
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@ARTICLE{Vuillemin96programmableactive,
author = {J. Vuillemin and P. Bertin and D. Roncin and M. Shand and H. Touati and P. Boucard},
title = {Programmable Active Memories: Reconfigurable Systems Come of Age},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems},
year = {1996},
volume = {4},
pages = {56--69}
}
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Programmable Active Memories (PAM) are a novel form of universal reconfigurable hardware co-processor. Based on Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology, a PAM is a virtual machine, controlled by a standard microprocessor, which can be dynamically and indefinitely reconfigured into a large number of application-specific circuits. PAMs offer a new mixture of hardware performance and software versatility. We review the important architectural features of PAMs, through the example of DECPeRLe-1, an experimental device built in 1992. PAM programming is presented, in contrast to classical gate-array and full custom circuit design. Our emphasis is on large, code-generated synchronous systems descriptions







