Computing models for FPGA-based accelerators

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 35-45

  Herbordt, Martin C ^a   Gu, Yongfeng ^a   VanCourt, Tom ^a   Model, Josh ^a   Sukhwani, Bharat ^a   Chiu, Matt ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENTS; CASE STUDIES; COMPUTING; COMPUTING MODELS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; FLEXIBLE; RANDOM ACCESSES; SINGLE THREADED; TARGET MACHINES;

ABSTRACTING; APPLICATIONS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA);

EID: 54849437910     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2008.143     Document Type: Article

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