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Analysis of Reconfigurable Logic Blocks for Evolvable Digital Architectures

SEKANINA Lukáš and MIKUŠEK Petr. Analysis of Reconfigurable Logic Blocks for Evolvable Digital Architectures. In: Applications of Evolutionary Computing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4974. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2008, pp. 144-153. ISBN 978-3-540-78760-0.
Czech title
Analýza rekonfigurovatelných logických bloků pro číslicové vyvíjející se architektury
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
Sekanina Lukáš, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY FIT BUT)
Mikušek Petr, Ing. (DCSY FIT BUT)
Keywords

reconfigurable device, digital circuit, evolutionary design

Abstract

In this paper we propose three small instances of a reconfigurable circuit and analyze their properties using the brute force method and evolutionary algorithm. Although proposed circuits are very similar, significant differences were demonstrated, namely in the number of unique designs they can implement, the sensitiveness of functions to the inversions in the configuration bitstream and the average number of generations needed to find a target function. These findings are quite unintuitive. Once important (sensitive) bits of the reconfigurable circuit are identified, evolutionary algorithm can incorporate this knowledge. We believe that the proposed type of analysis can help those designers who develop new reconfigurable circuits for evolvable hardware applications.

Published
2008
Pages
144-153
Proceedings
Applications of Evolutionary Computing
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume
4974
Conference
Fourth European Workshop on Bio-Inspired Heuristics for Design Automation, Neapol, IT
ISBN
978-3-540-78760-0
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Place
Berlin, DE
BibTeX 
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB8591,
   author = "Luk\'{a}\v{s} Sekanina and Petr Miku\v{s}ek",
   title = "Analysis of Reconfigurable Logic Blocks for Evolvable Digital Architectures",
   pages = "144--153",
   booktitle = "Applications of Evolutionary Computing",
   series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
   volume = 4974,
   year = 2008,
   location = "Berlin, DE",
   publisher = "Springer Verlag",
   ISBN = "978-3-540-78760-0",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/8591"
}
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