Collaborative Proposal: CRI: CRD: Computer-aided Design Tool and Compiler Repository for Reconfigurable Computing

协作提案：CRI：CRD：用于可重构计算的计算机辅助设计工具和编译器存储库

• 批准号: 0708377
• 负责人: Katherine Morrow
• 金额: $ 14.34万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0708377&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; CRI; CRD; Computer

As a result of increased logic capacity, reconfigurable logic devices, such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), have become increasingly important components in many digital systems. The programmable structure of these devices offer designers the opportunity to quickly map parallel designs to silicon while customizing circuitry to exactly the functionality desired. The successful use of this circuitry relies heavily on design mapping flows of intricate and complex computer-aided design tools and compilers. As the programming models used by designers to target reconfigurable logic devices become more diverse, the need to optimize tools both individually and jointly becomes more important. It is widely recognized that researchers in this reconfigurable computing field will require easy access to representative tool sets, documentation describing how to combine them into mapping flows, and a collection of representative benchmarks in the near future to sustain research progress.The need for greater accessibility to freely-available reconfigurable computing CAD tools forms the cornerstone of this proposal. Upon completion of the project, designers will have access to a well-organized repository of documented tools and compilers including documentation on how to coordinate multiple tools together into complete design mapping flows. This infrastructure will allow researchers to optimize existing tools for new design goals and develop new, more advanced tools which use the current infrastructure as a basis. All resources in the infrastructure will be hosted in web-based repositories at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Funding for this project will be used to acquire needed computer hardware and web-based resource distribution materials, and to support graduate student researchers who will organize the infrastructure. Upon completion, the infrastructure will be made publicly-available and will be widely publicized to researchers in a variety of research fields.This proposal outlines a series of development steps to achieve this goal including the acquisition of existing CAD tools and compilers, the construction of a web-based infrastructure, the integration of the individual tools into a series of end-to-end mapping flows, and the development of an infrastructure deployment strategy. The proposed development work is closely tied to learning opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. These students will have the opportunity to become familiar with state-of-the-art design tools and advanced web-design and database building techniques. Preliminary contact with researchers in both academic and commercial settings has indicated strong interest. It is expected that as the project progresses external parties will assist in offering technical direction and support in terms of CAD tools and benchmarks. As the project nears completion, a consortium of academic and industry partners will be solicited to continue support for the infrastructure.

由于逻辑容量的增加，可重构逻辑器件（例如现场可编程门阵列（FPGA））已成为许多数字系统中越来越重要的组件。这些器件的可编程结构为设计人员提供了快速将并行设计映射到芯片的机会，同时根据所需的功能定制电路。该电路的成功使用在很大程度上依赖于复杂的计算机辅助设计工具和编译器的设计映射流程。随着设计人员针对可重构逻辑器件使用的编程模型变得更加多样化，单独和联合优化工具的需求变得更加重要。人们普遍认识到，在不久的将来，可重构计算领域的研究人员将需要轻松访问代表性工具集、描述如何将它们组合到映射流程中的文档以及一系列代表性基准，以维持研究进展。需要更大的可访问性免费提供的可重构计算 CAD 工具构成了该提案的基石。项目完成后，设计人员将可以访问组织良好的记录工具和编译器存储库，包括有关如何将多个工具协调在一起形成完整设计映射流程的文档。该基础设施将使研究人员能够优化现有工具以实现新的设计目标，并以当前基础设施为基础开发新的、更先进的工具。基础设施中的所有资源都将托管在马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校和威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的网络存储库中。该项目的资金将用于购买所需的计算机硬件和基于网络的资源分发材料，并支持组织基础设施的研究生研究人员。完成后，该基础设施将向公众开放，并向各个研究领域的研究人员广泛宣传。该提案概述了实现这一目标的一系列开发步骤，包括获取现有的 CAD 工具和编译器、构建基于网络的基础设施，将各个工具集成到一系列端到端映射流程中，以及基础设施部署策略的开发。拟议的开发工作与研究生和本科生的学习机会密切相关。这些学生将有机会熟悉最先进的设计工具以及先进的网页设计和数据库构建技术。与学术和商业环境中的研究人员的初步接触表明了浓厚的兴趣。预计随着项目的进展，外部各方将协助提供 CAD 工具和基准方面的技术指导和支持。随着该项目接近完成，将邀请学术和行业合作伙伴组成的联盟继续支持基础设施。