Reconfigurable Computing - Accelerating Computation with Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

A one-of-a-kind survey of the field of Reconfigurable Computing
Gives a comprehensive introduction to a discipline that offers a 10X-100X acceleration of algorithms over microprocessors
Discusses the impact of reconfigurable hardware on a wide range of applications: signal and image processing, network security, bioinformatics, and supercomputing
Includes the history of the field as well as recent advances
Includes an extensive bibliography of primary sources

List of contents

An Introduction to Reconfigurable Computing. What is RC? RC Architectures. How did RC originate? Inside the FPGA. Mapping Algorithms to Hardware. RC Applications. Example: Dot Product. Further Reading.- Reconfigurable Logic Devices. Field-Programmable Gate Arrays. Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Arrays. Summary.- Reconfigurable Computing Systems. Parallel Processing on Reconfigurable Computers. A Survey of Reconfigurable Computing Systems. Summary.- Languages and Compilation. Design Cycle. Languages. High Level Compilation. Low Level Design Flow. Debugging Reconfigurable Computing Applications. Summary.- Signal Processing Applications. What is Digital Signal Processing? Why Use Reconfigurable Computing for DSP? DSP Application Building Blocks. Example DSP Applications.- Image Processing. RC for Image and Video Processing. Local Neighborhood Functions. Convolution. Morphology. Feature Extraction. Automatic Target Recognition. Image Matching. Evolutionary Image Processing. Summary.- Network Security. Cryptographic Applications. Network Protocol Security. Summary.- Bioinformatics Applications. Introduction. Applications. Dynamic Programming Algorithms. Seed-Based Heuristics. Profiles, HMMs and Language Models. Bioinformatics FPGA Accelerators. Summary.- Supercomputing Applications. Introduction. Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiative Heat Transfer. Urban Road Traffic Simulation.

Summary

A one-of-a-kind survey of the field of Reconfigurable Computing

Gives a comprehensive introduction to a discipline that offers a 10X-100X acceleration of algorithms over microprocessors

Discusses the impact of reconfigurable hardware on a wide range of applications: signal and image processing, network security, bioinformatics, and supercomputing

Includes the history of the field as well as recent advances

Includes an extensive bibliography of primary sources

Product details

• Authors: Maya Gokhale, Maya B Gokhale, Maya B. Gokhale, Paul S Graham, Paul S. Graham
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2005
• EAN: 9780387261058
• ISBN: 978-0-387-26105-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 239 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 592 g
• Illustrations: X, 238 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; C, engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering Design, Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Programming Techniques, Circuits and Systems, Technical design, Computer programming, Engineering mathematics, Mathematical theory of computation, Applied mathematics, Computer programming / software engineering, Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications, Maths for engineers, Mathematical logic, Mathematical Logic and Foundations, Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages, Electronic circuits, Electronic Circuits and Systems