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This paper describes a component-based methodology tailored to the design of reconfigurable systems. Systems are constructed from tiles: localised, self contained blocks of reconfigurable logic which adhere to a specified interface. We present a state-based model for managing a hierarchical structure of tiles in a reconfigurable system and show how our approach allows automatic garbage collection techniques to be applied for reclaiming unused FPGA resources.
George Milne: This research was funded by a grant from the Australian Research Council. We would also like to thank Xilinx Inc., San Jose, for the donation of devices and software.
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Lee, G., Milne, G. (2003). Building Run-Time Reconfigurable Systems from Tiles. In: Y. K. Cheung, P., Constantinides, G.A. (eds) Field Programmable Logic and Application. FPL 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2778. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45234-8_25
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