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Matrix Multiplication Implementation in the MOLEN Polymorphic Processor

Floating-point matrix multiplication is arguably the most important kernel routine in many scientific applications. Therefore, its efficient implementation is crucial for the overall performance of any computer system targeting scientific computations. In this paper, we propose a holistic solution to accelerate matrix multiplication on reconfigurable hardware using the MOLEN polymorphic process...

The MOLEN -coded processor

In this paper, we introduce the MOLEN -coded processor which comprises hardwired and microcoded reconfigurable units. At the expense of three new instructions, the proposed mechanisms allow instructions, entire pieces of code, or their combination to execute in a reconfigurable manner. The reconfiguration of the hardware and the execution on the reconfigured hardware are performed by -microcode...

The Molen Media Processor: Design and Evaluation

We present a fully operational prototype of the Molen reconfigurable processor based on the tightly coupled co-processor architectural paradigm. Within the Molen concept, a general purpose core processor controls the execution and reconfiguration of a reconfigurable co-processor, tuning the latter to various application specific algorithms. An ISA extension of only 4 instructions supports an ar...

The Virtex II ProTM MOLEN Processor

We use the Xilinx Virtex II ProTM technology as prototyping platform to design a MOLEN polymorphic processor, a custom computing machine based on the co-processor architectural paradigm. The PowerPC embedded in the FPGA is operating as a general purpose (core) processor and the reconfigurable fabric is used as a reconfigurable co-processor. The paper focuses on hardware synthesis results and ex...