All Volumes (2001-2008)
Volume
Volume IV, 2004
Faculty Sponsor
Dr. Chiu Choi
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
The emerging field of reconfigurable computing promises increased processing power in terms of speed and function with only a modest investment in hardware. The goal of this experiment was to test this premise. Using a FPGA, a CPU was implemented in Verilog HDL. The CPU was then tested to measure the improvement of program execution time through the use of hardwired instructions in a reconfigurable system. Secondly, the predicted gain in reconfigurable resources as function of the number of instructions was tested in a reconfigurable environment. The results of the experiment suggest reconfigurable computing can provide marginal changes in resources allocated and significant improvements in program execution time.
Suggested Citation
Harmon, Ira, "The Effects of Instruction Set Variation on a Reconfigurable Processor" (2004). All Volumes (2001-2008). 93.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/ojii_volumes/93