3rd Euromicro Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing A distributed computer architecture for qualitative simulation based on a multi-DSP and FPGAs San Remo, Italy January 25-January 27 ISBN: 0-8186-7031-2
The design of a specialized computer architecture for qualitative simulation is presented. Our interest focuses on the hardware design of an application-specific computer architecture which is composed of programmable processors (digital signal processors TMS320C40) and application-specific integrated circuits (FPGAs). Two design strategies are considered to improve the performance. Primitive functions are hardware-implemented using FPGAs (software/hardware migration). More complex functions are mapped onto a multi processor system formed by TMS320C40. This computer architecture is designed for the well known algorithm for qualitative simulation-QSIM. In this paper we present the design of a computer architecture for the constraint-check-function-a function of the QSIM kernel.
Index Terms:
parallel architectures; special purpose computers; digital simulation; distributed computer architecture; qualitative simulation; multi-DSP; FPGAs; computer architecture; hardware design; application-specific computer architecture; design strategies; performance; constraint-check-function
Citation:
M. Platzner, B. Rinner, R. Weiss, "A distributed computer architecture for qualitative simulation based on a multi-DSP and FPGAs," pdp, pp.311, 3rd Euromicro Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing, 1995 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||