PCD11
Sanjaya Kumar
Honeywell

"Benchmarking Technology for Configurable Computing Systems"

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PCD11_Kumar.ppt

    This poster presents benchmarking technology for assessing configurable computing systems. An important goal is to provide benchmarks that expose as much information as possible about a configurable computing system's infrastructure, revealing insights about tools and architectures. This effort is the first to specify a set of characteristics relevant to configurable computing (versatility, capacity, timing sensitivity, interfacing, and scalability), and is based on an unbiased and technology independent formal benchmark specification methodology. In addition, it addresses a broad range of configurable architectures, including single FPGA devices, multi-FPGA boards, fixed-plus-variable devices, and hybrid systems. The benchmarking technology allows users the ability to examine various trade-offs, refine their configurable computing platforms, and select appropriate configurable computing elements. Benchmarks based on the characteristics above are presented, along with a status of the effort.