X4CP32: A Coarse Grain General Purpose Reconfigurable Microprocessor

نویسندگان

  • Rodrigo Soares
  • Arnaldo Azevedo
  • Ivan Saraiva Silva
چکیده

The X4CP32 is a novel coarse RPU runtimereconfigurable general purpose microprocessor. It consists of 3 programming levels, based on a hierarchic array of easily and quickly reconfigurable entities. It brings a new concept of runtime reconfiguration and programming, which is it’s main strength. Although it’s effectiveness in heavy arithmetic applications, it is suited for virtually any task an application can demand, presenting as a solid option for a general purpose microprocessor.

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تاریخ انتشار 2003