Cost effective systems use specialization to optimize factors such as power consumption,
processing throughput, flexibility or combinations thereof. Reconfigurable systems obtain …

The extension of a given instruction-set with specialized instructions has become a common
technique used to speed up the execution of applications. By identifying computationally …

This paper presents an all open-source framework for adding embedded FPGAs into RISC-
V CPUs. In our approach, an eFPGA is directly coupled with the CPU, and through …

Over the last years, we have witnessed the increased use of Application-Specific Instruction-
Set Processors (ASIPs). These ASIPs are processors that have a customizable instruction …

Adaptation in embedded processing is key in order to address efficiency. The concept of
extensible embedded processors works well if a few a-priori known hot spots exist …

Coarse-grained reconfigurable architectures (CGRAs) aim to achieve both goals of high
performance and flexibility. In addition, power consumption is significant for the …

Chip reliability becomes a great threat to the design of future microelectronic systems with
the continuation of the progressive downscaling of CMOS technologies. Hence increasing …

Coarse-grained reconfigurable architecture aims to achieve both performance and flexibility.
However, power consumption is no less important for the reconfigurable architecture to be …

Most of the coarse-grained reconfigurable architectures (CGRAs) are composed of
reconfigurable ALU arrays and configuration cache (or context memory) to achieve high …

We present the i-Core (Invasive Core), an Application Specific Instruction Set Processor
(ASIP) with a run-time adaptive instruction set. Its adaptivity is controlled by the runtime …