Dynamic Module Library Generation for FPGA-based Run-Time Reconfigurable Systems

• Main Author: Bowen, John Kipp
• Other Authors: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Format: Others
• Published: Virginia Tech 2014
• Subjects: Partial Reconfiguration; FPGA; Run-time Reconfiguration; Module Library
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31088; http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01312008-141152/

Modern Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) can implement entire run-time reconfigurable systems using partial reconfiguration. Module-based run-time reconfiguration permits the construction of custom applications at run-time using pre-compiled Intellectual Property (IP) from a module library. The need for both flexible module placement and custom inter-module communication is mostly ignored by existing modular run-time reconfiguration approaches and few existing tool flows for module generation address the need for automation. This thesis introduces an automated compile-time tool flow for generating dynamic modules that allow flexible run-time placement and communication synthesis. === Master of Science