EE 7700-1: Dynamically Reconfigurable Architectures
(Spring 2002)
Course Description:
Dynamic reconfigurability refers to the ability of an architecture (or device)
to alter its function and/or structure to suit the needs of a computation.
This ability permits the algorithm designer to tailor
the computational platform
to suit the current step of the computation,
resulting in a faster solution on a less
expensive platform. At a more fundamental level, reconfigurability
can solve certain problems
at speeds not possible on other ``non-reconfigurable''
platforms.
This course will
emphasize
fundamental techniques and application oriented algorithms.
Prerequisites:
Basic ideas in algorithm design and analysis
Topics:
Reconfigurable architectures,
Reconfigurable Mesh (Basic techniques and tools),
Arithmetic algorithms, Sorting,
Lists and Graph algorithms,
Optical models,
FPGA-based approaches,
applications.
R. Vaidyanathan
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5901
Phone: (225) 578-5238
Fax: (225) 578-5200
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