@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2093,
	  title     = {A Software-Supported Methodology for Designing General-Purpose Interconnection Networks for Reconfigurable Architectures},
	  author    = {Kostas Siozios and  Dimitrios Soudris and  Antonios Thanailakis},
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	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Modern applications realized onto FPGAs exhibit high connectivity demands. Throughout this paper we study the routing constraints of Virtex devices and we propose a systematic methodology for designing a novel general-purpose interconnection network targeting to reconfigurable architectures. This network consists of multiple segment wires and SB patterns, appropriately selected and assigned across the device. The goal of our proposed methodology is to maximize the hardware utilization of fabricated routing resources. The derived interconnection scheme is integrated on a Virtex style FPGA. This device is characterized both for its high-performance, as well as for its low-energy requirements. Due to this, the design criterion that guides our architecture selections was the minimal Energy×Delay Product (EDP). The methodology is fully-supported by three new software tools, which belong to MEANDER Design Framework. Using a typical set of MCNC benchmarks, extensive comparison study in terms of several critical parameters proves the effectiveness of the derived interconnection network. More specifically, we achieve average Energy×Delay Product reduction by 63%, performance increase by 26%, reduction in leakage power by 21%, reduction in total energy consumption by 11%, at the expense of increase of channel width by 20%.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering},
	  volume    = {4},
	  number    = {3},
	  year      = {2010},
	  pages     = {508 - 520},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2093},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/39},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 39, 2010},
	}