Automatic generation of cellular automata on FPGA

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

André Costa Lima (Author) FEUP; João Canas Ferreira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings National

Title: Actas IX Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis

Pages: 51-58

IX Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis

Coimbra, Portugal, 7 e 8 de Fevereiro de 2013

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): Cellular automata (CA) have been used to study a great range of fields, through the means of simulation, owing to its computational power and inherent characteristics. Furthermore, CAs can perform task-specific processing. Spacial parallelism, locality and discrete nature are the main features that enable mapping of CA onto the regular architecture of an FPGA; such a hardware solution significantly accelerates the simulation process when compared to software. In this paper, we report on the implementation of a system to automatically generate custom CA architectures for FPGA devices based on a reference design. The FPGA interfaces with a host computer, which initializes the system, downloads the initial CA state information, and controls the CA’s operation. The user interface is are provided by a user-friendly graphical desktop application written in Java.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific