2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Advances and Applications of Hardware Specialization Techniques
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19500042
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Computer system/Network
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| Research Institution | Toyohashi University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
ICHIKAWA Shuichi Toyohashi University of Technology, 工学部, 准教授 (70262855)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 計算機システム / 小型化 / 高速化 / Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) / 部分評価 / 多様化 / セキュリティ / 組込みシステム |
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| Research Abstract |
If the input of logic circuit is partially or wholly predetermined, the circuit can be optimized to reduce the logic scale and to improve the maximum operational frequency. This technique is called "hardware specialization". Since the derived circuit depends on the predetermined input data, it is reasonable to adopt reconfigurable logic devices (e.g., FPGA) to implement specialized circuit. In this project, the following three cases were examined as practical examples of hardware specialization techniques : (1) conversion of control software into logic circuit for small and highly responsive control systems, (2) diversification of processor for secure applications by giving different instruction sets for each instance, and (3) optimization of computer cluster configurations for a specific set of application and data size.
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