Reconfigurable Computing

The main characteristic of Reconfigurable Computing is the presence of hardware that can be reconfigured to implement specific functionality more suitable for specially tailored hardware than on a simple uniprocessor. Reconfigurable computing systems join microprocessors and programmable hardware in order to take advantage of the combined strengths of hardware and software and have been used in applications ranging from embedded systems to high performance computing. Many of the fundamental theories have been identified and used by the Hardware/Software Co-Design research field. Although the same background ideas are shared in both areas, they have different goals and use different approaches.This book is intended as an introduction to the entire range of issues important to reconfigurable computing, using FPGAs as the context, or "computing vehicles" to implement this powerful technology. It will take a reader with a background in the basics of digital design and software programming and provide them with the knowledge needed to be an effective designer or researcher in this rapidly evolving field.

. Treatment of FPGAs as computing vehicles rather than glue-logic or ASIC substitutes
. Views of FPGA programming beyond Verilog/VHDL
. Broad set of case studies demonstrating how to use FPGAs in novel and efficient ways

Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part One: Hardware
Part I INTRO
Chapter 1 - General-Purpose FPGA Architecture
Chapter 2 - Reconfigurable Computing Devices
Chapter 3 - Reconfigurable Computing Systems
Chapter 4 - Reconfiguration Management
Part Two: Software
Part II Intro
Chapter 5 - Computer Models and System Architectures
André DeHon Chapter 6 - Hardware Description Languages (VHDL)
Chapter 7 - Compilation for Reconfigurable Computing Machines
Chapter 8 - Streaming Models
8.1 MATLAB/SIMULINK
8.2 SCORE
Chapter 9 SIMD/Vector
Chapter 10 - OS/Runtime Systems
Chapter 11 - JHDL
Chapter 12 -Technology Mapping
Chapter 13 - Placement
13.1 General-purpose / FPGA
13.2 Datapath
13.3 Constructive
Chapter 14 - Routing
Chapter 15 - Retimin
Chapter 16 - Bitstream Generation, JBits
Chapter 17 - Fast Mapping
Part Three: Application Development
PART III INTRO
Chapter 18 - Evaluating and Optimizing problems for FPGA implementations
Chapter 19- Instance-specific design, Constant Propagation & Partial Evaluation
Chapter 20 - Precision Analysis & Floating Point
Chapter 21 - Distributed Arithmetic
Chapter 22 - CORDIC
Chapter 23 - Task allocation: FPGA vs. CPU partitioning
Part Four: Case Studies
PART IV INTRO
Chapter 24 - Image Processing, Variable Precision, Algorithm Alteration: SPIHT Compression
Chapter 25 - Run-time reconfiguration: Automatic Target Recognition
Chapter 26 - Problem-specific circuitry: SAT Solving
Chapter 27 - Multi-FPGA Systems: Logic Emulation
Chapter 28- Floating Point
Chapter 29 - FDTD
Chapter 30 - Genetic Evolution
Chapter 31 - Packet Filtering (Networking application)
Chapter 32 - Active Pages [Memory centric]
Part Five: Theoretical Underpinnings and Future Directions
PART V INTRO
Chapter 33- Theoretical Underpinnings, Metrics and Analysis
Chapter 34 - Defect and Fault Tolerance
Chapter 35 - Reconfigurable Computing and Nanotechnology