Energy Efficient Design of Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures: Insights, Trends and Challenges

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Abstract

Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures (CGRAs) are promising solutions to achieve more performance with the end of Moore's law. Thanks to word-level programmability, they are more energy-efficient compared to FPGAs. Although ASICs can minimize energy, they suffer from high Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) costs and inflexibility. CGRAs provide near ASIC energy efficiency and are deployed in the literature to accelerate low-power and high-performance applications. However, focusing on low-power CGRAs is crucial as a high volume of data should be processed on a resource-constrained device by the development of IoT and Machine Learning applications. This survey has reviewed and categorized CGRA architectures from processing elements, interconnect networks, and memory points of view and derived guidelines for energy-efficient CGRA design.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology (ICFPT)
PublisherIEEE Xplore
Number of pages11
ISBN (electronic)978-1-6654-5336-3
ISBN (print)978-1-6654-5337-0
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesIEEE International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology (FPT)
Volume2022

Conference

Title2022 IEEE International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology (ICFPT)
Abbreviated titleICFPT
Conference number
Duration5 - 9 December 2022
Website
LocationHong Kong SAR, China
CityHong Kong
CountryChina

External IDs

Scopus 85145568750
ORCID /0000-0002-8019-7936/work/142238035
ORCID /0000-0003-2571-8441/work/142240571

Keywords

Research priority areas of TU Dresden

Sustainable Development Goals