Reconfigurable mesh techniques and applications

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Abstract

The reconfigurable mesh (R-Mesh) is a computational model that captures many aspects of reconfigurable computation. It comprises an array of processing elements in which each processor has fixed external connections to its neighbors and configurable internal connections among its ports. Local configuration decisions collectively form buses for communication across the array. While the ability to change configurations at every step is ambitious, the abstraction provided by the R-Mesh allows exploring the limits to which communication configurations can enhance computation. This paper will overview results in several application areas that developed key techniques for the R-Mesh. It will also describe ways to curb the assumptions of the model to enable realizing operations and connections. In addition, it will examine a case in which the R-Mesh serves as the base for algorithm development of a packet switch scheduler implemented in a different structure.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms, ERSA 2008

First Page

15

Last Page

28

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