Reconfigurable instruction set processors have the capability to adapt their instruction sets to the application being executed through a reconfiguration in their hardware. Through this adaptation, they are expected to achieve a great improvement in performance compared to fixed instruction set processors. In this paper, we discuss the different hardware aspects that have to be considered durin...

A paradigm shift from single-core to parallel multi-core processors has occurred over the last couple of years to further increase the performance of processors. Originating in high-performance computing, this trend has quickly reached general purpose and finally also embedded central processing units (CPUs). Continuing advances in chip manufacture will not only allow an increasing number of ho...

This paper describes the implementation of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on the Reconfigurable Data Path Processor (RDPP) under development by the Institute of Advanced Microelectronics and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The RDPP implements a multi-stage computational pipeline, optimized for systolic signal processing applications. We implement the Goertzel FFT algorithm, which is able to...

Reconfigurable computing is a promising approach to overcome the traditional trade-off between flexibility and performance in the design of computer architectures. Computing systems that adapt their hardware to each application can achieve the high performance of dedicated hardware while retaining the flexibility of general-purpose processors. This paper introduces to the currently taken approa...

The content addressable memory is a memory unit that uses content matching instead of addresses. content addressable memory are used in different networking, telecommunications and storage applications because of their parallel, fast search capabilities. This paper presents a new method (called array method) for designing Reconfigurable content addressable memory (RCAM). The behavior of the new...

Today the world is overwhelmed with portable devices like handheld computers, mobile telephones and portable navigation systems. These devices will eventually be integrated into multi-functional devices that can perform all kinds of functions in one single system. Ultimately, portable devices will exist that can perform a wide variety of functions and provide rich information to the user. One o...

In this fast computing era, most of the embedded system requires more computing power to complete the complex function/ task at the lesser amount of time. One way to achieve this is by boosting up the processor performance which allows processor core to run faster. This paper presents a novel technique of increasing the performance by parallel HPRC (High Performance Reconfigurable Computing) in...