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Author(s): | André Costa Lima João Canas Ferreira |
Title: | Automatic generation of cellular automata on FPGA |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Abstract: | Cellular automata (CA) have been used to study a great range of fields, through the means of simulation, owing to its computational power and inherent characteristics. Furthermore, CAs can perform task-specific processing. Spacial parallelism, locality and discrete nature are the main features that enable mapping of CA onto the regular architecture of an FPGA; such a hardware solution significantly accelerates the simulation process when compared to software. In this paper, we report on the implementation of a system to automatically generate custom CA architectures for FPGA devices based on a reference design. The FPGA interfaces with a host computer, which initializes the system, downloads the initial CA state information, and controls the CA's operation. The user interface is are provided by a user-friendly graphical desktop application written in Java. |
Subject: | Engenharia electrotécnica, electrónica e informática Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering |
Scientific areas: | Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias::Engenharia electrotécnica, electrónica e informática Engineering and technology::Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10216/70154 |
Source: | Actas IX Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis |
Document Type: | Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Nacional |
Rights: | openAccess |
License: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
Appears in Collections: | FEUP - Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Nacional |
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