Computing as Fast as an Engineer can Think Robert C. Singleterry Jr. Olaf O. Storaasli Analytical and Computational Methods Branch Structures and Materials
How to Program Reconfigurable Computers? Data Flow Programming Style Must Think “Inherently Parallel” Graphical Based “Language” Everything Tied to Clock Signals No Von Neumann Bottlenecks Programming Power Tied to Number of Gates or Area (Number) of FPGAs 10/27/2019 Reconfigurable Computers
Reconfigurable Computers Dot Product Example 10/27/2019 Reconfigurable Computers
Integration Algorithm: Old Idea Simpson’s Rule Simple Straight forward Problem Not an inherently parallel algorithm Procedure based algorithm 10/27/2019 Reconfigurable Computers
Reconfigurable Computers Integration: New Idea a b First Step a b Second Step a b Third Step 10/27/2019 Reconfigurable Computers
Reconfigurable Computers Benchmarking Initial Investigation Benchmarks Dot Product Integration Matrix Solution ODE and PDE Solutions Differencing Finite elements Integral Methods 10/27/2019 Reconfigurable Computers