Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are spatial architectures with a heterogeneous
reconfigurable fabric. They are state-of-the-art for prototyping, telecommunications …

Enabled by modern languages and retargetable compilers, software development is in a
virtual “Cambrian explosion” driven by a critical mass of powerfully parameterized libraries; …

This paper focuses on the trade-off between flexibility and efficiency in specialized
computing. We observe that specialized units achieve most of their efficiency gains by tuning …

Specialized image signal processors (ISPs) exploit the structure of image processing
pipelines to minimize memory bandwidth using the architectural pattern of line-buffering …

Technology trends prompting architects to consider greater heterogeneity and hardware
specialization have exposed an increasing need for vertically integrated research …

A high-productivity digital VLSI flow for designing complex SoCs is presented. The flow
includes high-level synthesis tools, an object-oriented library of synthesizable SystemC and …

The architecture of current networks is static and nonprogrammable. In Software-Defined
Networking (SDN) it is possible to have programmability and innovation within the network …

This paper presents a sample-based energy simulation methodology that enables fast and
accurate estimations of performance and average power for arbitrary RTL designs. Our …

BACKGROUND In recent times, there has been a dramatic shift in con Sumer photography.
Once dominated by dedicated cameras and photography equipment, a majority of pictures …

This paper presents a fast and accurate simulation methodology for performance, power,
and energy evaluation in the hardware/software co-design flow. Cycle-level …