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A one-of-a-kind survey of the field of Reconfigurable Computing Gives a comprehensive introduction to a discipline that offers a 10X-100X acceleration of algorithms over microprocessors Discusses the impact of reconfigurable hardware on a wide range of applications: signal and image processing, network security, bioinformatics, and supercomputing Includes the history of the field as well as recent advances Includes an extensive bibliography of primary sources

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Author:   Maya B. Gokhale ,  Paul S. Graham
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2005 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9780387261058

ISBN 10:   0387261052
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   14 December 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

An Introduction to Reconfigurable Computing. What is RC? RC Architectures. How did RC originate? Inside the FPGA. Mapping Algorithms to Hardware. RC Applications. Example: Dot Product. Further Reading.- Reconfigurable Logic Devices. Field-Programmable Gate Arrays. Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Arrays. Summary.- Reconfigurable Computing Systems. Parallel Processing on Reconfigurable Computers. A Survey of Reconfigurable Computing Systems. Summary.- Languages and Compilation. Design Cycle. Languages. High Level Compilation. Low Level Design Flow. Debugging Reconfigurable Computing Applications. Summary.- Signal Processing Applications. What is Digital Signal Processing? Why Use Reconfigurable Computing for DSP? DSP Application Building Blocks. Example DSP Applications.- Image Processing. RC for Image and Video Processing. Local Neighborhood Functions. Convolution. Morphology. Feature Extraction. Automatic Target Recognition. Image Matching. Evolutionary Image Processing. Summary.- Network Security. Cryptographic Applications. Network Protocol Security. Summary.- Bioinformatics Applications. Introduction. Applications. Dynamic Programming Algorithms. Seed-Based Heuristics. Profiles, HMMs and Language Models. Bioinformatics FPGA Accelerators. Summary.- Supercomputing Applications. Introduction. Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiative Heat Transfer. Urban Road Traffic Simulation.

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