We present a new concept as well as the implementation of an FPGA-based reconfigurable platform, the Erlangen Slot Machine (ESM). The main advantages of this platform are: first, the possibility for each module to access its peripheries independent from its location through a programmable crossbar, and distributed SRAMs among slices. This allows an unrestricted relocation of modules on the device. Second, the intermodule structure allows an unlimited communication among running modules.
Citation:
Christophe Bobda, Mateusz Majer, Ali Ahmadinia, Thomas Haller, André Linarth, Jürgen Teich, Jan van der Veen, "The Erlangen Slot Machine: A Highly Flexible FPGA-Based Reconfigurable Platform," fccm, pp.319-320, 13th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM'05), 2005