Presentation 2015-12-02
A Study of HW/SW Co-design Framework based on the Virtualization Technology
Qian Zhao, Motoki Amagasaki, Masahiro Iida, Morihiro Kuga, Toshinori Sueyoshi,
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Abstract(in English) One challenge for the heterogeneous computing with the FPGA is to bridge the development gap between SW and HW design. The high level synthesis (HLS) technique allows producing hardware with high level languages like C. Design tools based on the HLS like Xilinx SDSoC and SDAccel are developed to speedup SW/HW co-designs. However, a developer still requires much circuit design skills to use these tools efficiently. In this paper, we propose a heterogeneous computing framework based on the virtual machine (VM) technology, namely hCODE. With the help of the virtualization, the HW and SW design can be totally separated. This brings multiple benefits like accelerating a program without modifying or recompiling it, and high portability and scalability across different HW and operating system.
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Keyword(in English) FPGA / HW/SW Co-design / Virtualization
Paper # RECONF2015-52
Date of Issue 2015-11-24 (RECONF)

Conference Information
Committee VLD / DC / IPSJ-SLDM / CPSY / RECONF / ICD / CPM
Conference Date 2015/12/1(3days)
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Place (in English) Nagasaki Kinro Fukushi Kaikan
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Topics (in English) Design Gaia 2015 -New Field of VLSI Design-
Chair Yusuke Matsunaga(Kyushu Univ.) / Nobuyasu Kanekawa(Hitachi) / Masahiro Fukui(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Yasuhiko Nakashima(NAIST) / Minoru Watanabe(Shizuoka Univ.) / Minoru Fujishima(Hiroshima Univ.) / Satoru Noge(Numazu National College of Tech.)
Vice Chair Takashi Takenana(NEC) / Michiko Inoue(NAIST) / / Koji Nakano(Hiroshima Univ.) / Hidetsugu Irie(Univ. of Tokyo) / Masato Motomura(Hokkaido Univ.) / Yuichiro Shibata(Nagasaki Univ.) / Hideto Hidaka(Renesas) / Fumihiko Hirose(Yamagata Univ.)
Secretary Takashi Takenana(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Michiko Inoue(Fujitsu Labs.) / (RTRI) / Koji Nakano(Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) / Hidetsugu Irie(Sharp) / Masato Motomura(Kitakyushu City Univ.) / Yuichiro Shibata(Toshiba) / Hideto Hidaka(Fujitsu Labs.) / Fumihiko Hirose(NII)
Assistant Ittetsu Taniguchi(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / / / Shinya Takameda(NAIST) / Takeshi Ohkawa(Utsunomiya Univ.) / Kazuya Tanikagawa(Hiroshima City Univ.) / Takefumi Miyoshi(e-trees.Japan) / Makoto Takamiya(Univ. of Tokyo) / Hiroe Iwasaki(NTT) / Takashi Hashimoto(Panasonic) / Hiroyuki Ito(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) / Pham Konkuha(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Takashi Sakamoto(NTT) / Yuichi Nakamura(Toyohashi Univ. of Tech.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on VLSI Design Technologies / Technical Committee on Dependable Computing / Special Interest Group on System and LSI Design Methodology / Technical Committee on Computer Systems / Technical Committee on Reconfigurable Systems / Technical Committee on Integrated Circuits and Devices / Technical Committee on Component Parts and Materials
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Title (in English) A Study of HW/SW Co-design Framework based on the Virtualization Technology
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) FPGA
Keyword(2) HW/SW Co-design
Keyword(3) Virtualization
1st Author's Name Qian Zhao
1st Author's Affiliation Kumamot University(Kumamoto Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Motoki Amagasaki
2nd Author's Affiliation Kumamot University(Kumamoto Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Masahiro Iida
3rd Author's Affiliation Kumamot University(Kumamoto Univ.)
4th Author's Name Morihiro Kuga
4th Author's Affiliation Kumamot University(Kumamoto Univ.)
5th Author's Name Toshinori Sueyoshi
5th Author's Affiliation Kumamot University(Kumamoto Univ.)
Date 2015-12-02
Paper # RECONF2015-52
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) RECONF-343
Page pp.pp.21-26(RECONF),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2015-11-24 (RECONF)