FPGA dynamic and partial reconfiguration: A survey of architectures, methods, and applications

Kizheppatt Vipin; Suhaib A. Fahmy

doi:10.1145/3193827

FPGA dynamic and partial reconfiguration: A survey of architectures, methods, and applications

Kizheppatt Vipin, Suhaib A. Fahmy

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Abstract

Dynamic and partial reconfiguration are key differentiating capabilities of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). While they have been studied extensively in academic literature, they find limited use in deployed systems. We review FPGA reconfiguration, looking at architectures built for the purpose, and the properties of modern commercial architectures. We then investigate design flows and identify the key challenges in making reconfigurable FPGA systems easier to design. Finally, we look at applications where reconfiguration has found use, as well as proposing new areas where this capability places FPGAs in a unique position for adoption.

Original language	English
Article number	3193827
Journal	ACM Computing Surveys
Volume	51
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3193827
Publication status	Published - Jul 1 2018

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Keywords

Dynamic reconfiguration
Field programmable gate arrays
Partial reconfiguration

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Vipin, K., & Fahmy, S. A. (2018). FPGA dynamic and partial reconfiguration: A survey of architectures, methods, and applications. ACM Computing Surveys, 51(4), [3193827]. https://doi.org/10.1145/3193827

FPGA dynamic and partial reconfiguration : A survey of architectures, methods, and applications. / Vipin, Kizheppatt; Fahmy, Suhaib A.

In: ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 51, No. 4, 3193827, 01.07.2018.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Vipin, K & Fahmy, SA 2018, 'FPGA dynamic and partial reconfiguration: A survey of architectures, methods, and applications', ACM Computing Surveys, vol. 51, no. 4, 3193827. https://doi.org/10.1145/3193827

Vipin K, Fahmy SA. FPGA dynamic and partial reconfiguration: A survey of architectures, methods, and applications. ACM Computing Surveys. 2018 Jul 1;51(4). 3193827. https://doi.org/10.1145/3193827

Vipin, Kizheppatt ; Fahmy, Suhaib A. / FPGA dynamic and partial reconfiguration : A survey of architectures, methods, and applications. In: ACM Computing Surveys. 2018 ; Vol. 51, No. 4.

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