Numerous application areas, including bioinformatics and computational biology, demand increasing amounts of processing capability. In many cases, the computation cores and data types are suited to field-programmable gate arrays. The challenge is identifying the design techniques that can extract high performance potential from the FPGA fabric.
Index Terms:
reconfigurable computing, FPGAs, High-performance computing
Citation:
Martin C. Herbordt, Tom VanCourt, Yongfeng Gu, Bharat Sukhwani, Al Conti, Josh Model, Doug DiSabello, "Achieving High Performance with FPGA-Based Computing," Computer, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 50-57, Mar. 2007, doi:10.1109/MC.2007.79