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Presentation 2010-01-27 10:25
Effective Hardware Task Context Switching in Virtex-4 FPGAs
Krzysztof Jozwik, Hiroyuki Tomiyama, Shinya Honda, Hiroaki Takada (Nagoya Univ.) VLD2009-87 CPSY2009-69 RECONF2009-72
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) A unique aspect of flexibility provided by some of the FPGAs such as Xilinx Virtex-4 family is the capability of dynamic and partial reconfiguration, giving them additional leverage over the other co-existing FPGA solutions by allowing implementation of such concepts as a hardware task. When compared to classical software task effective employment of the new idea in preemptive multitasking systems poses many difficulties and involves many mechanisms such as context saving and restoring, to be built practically from the scratch. This paper presents an effective approach to high-speed context switching for Virtex4-based DPR (Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration) Systems based on developed embedded system infrastructure with lightweight control bus, enhancing management of reconfigurable hardware modules and very efficient, instruction-driven reconfiguration/readback controller which offers 78-fold speed-ups and further superior functionalities when compared to baseline IP provided by FPGA’s manufacturer. The whole system is additionally supported by developed bitstream manipulation tool intended for PC (Personal Computer) and used as a back-end program for current DPR design flow.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) FPGA / Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration / HW Context-switch / / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 109, no. 395, RECONF2009-72, pp. 113-118, Jan. 2010.
Paper # RECONF2009-72 
Date of Issue 2010-01-19 (VLD, CPSY, RECONF) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee IPSJ-SLDM VLD CPSY RECONF  
Conference Date 2010-01-26 - 2010-01-27 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Keio Univ (Hiyoshi Campus) 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) FPGA Applications, etc 
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Registration To RECONF 
Conference Code 2010-01-SLDM-VLD-CPSY-RECONF 
Language English 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) Effective Hardware Task Context Switching in Virtex-4 FPGAs 
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Keyword(1) FPGA  
Keyword(2) Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration  
Keyword(3) HW Context-switch  
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1st Author's Name Krzysztof Jozwik  
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Hiroyuki Tomiyama  
2nd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Shinya Honda  
3rd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
4th Author's Name Hiroaki Takada  
4th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
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Date Time 2010-01-27 10:25:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for RECONF 
Paper # VLD2009-87, CPSY2009-69, RECONF2009-72 
Volume (vol) vol.109 
Number (no) no.393(VLD), no.394(CPSY), no.395(RECONF) 
Page pp.113-118 
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Date of Issue 2010-01-19 (VLD, CPSY, RECONF) 


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