Title page for ETD etd-05072002-201826

Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Lehn, David Ilan

Author's Email Address

dlehn@vt.edu

URN

etd-05072002-201826

Title

Framework for a Context-Switching Run-Time Reconfigurable System

Degree

Master of Science

Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Athanas, Peter M.	Committee Chair
Armstrong, James R.	Committee Member
Jones, Mark T.	Committee Member

Keywords

Context Switching
Run-Time Reconfiguration
CCM
FPGA
Configurable Computing

Date of Defense

2002-05-03

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

The reprogrammable nature of configurable computing machines has led to a wealth of research in run-time reconfigurable systems and applications. A limitation often encountered in this research is the slow configuration time with respect to the system clock speed. One technique to deal with these configuration delays has been to develop devices that can hold multiple rapidly interchangeable configurations. This technique is known as context-switching.

This thesis discusses the development of a framework to support applications which execute on a run-time reconfigurable system containing context-switching devices. The framework is divided into a number of layers: hardware, middleware, software, and applications. The design, implementation, and details of each layer are presented.

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