FPGAworld 2012 conference
The FPGAworld Conference addresses all aspects of digital and hardware/software system engineering on FPGA technology. It is a discussion and network forum for researchers and engineers working on industrial and research projects, state-of-the-art investigations, development and applications.
Special session:
Collaborative project on multicore communications
Content
Implement Multicore Association Communication API (MCAPI) on FPGAs for soft core processors and HW IP-blocks.
Motivation
Rapidly port applications between
- computers and on-chip FPGA processors
- different FPGA devices and vendors
- processors and hardware implementations
Contributions
Open source code + scientific paper + optionally hands-on integration workshop on FPGA World 2012
Call for detailed contributions
- MCAPI transport implementation on soft core processors: Altera NIOS, Xilinx MicroBlaze
- To allow multiple MCAPI nodes per CPU use some kernel or operating system like uC/OS-II/III, QNX, Nucleus, OS of your choise
- Hardware implementation of MCAPI to allow VHDL/Verilog written IP-blocks to communicate with MCAPI abstraction
- Protocol adapters and bridges between MCAPI API and physical buses
- MCAPI geared applications demonstrating distribution of computation on different processors
Contact person: Timo D. Hämäläinen, timo.d.hamalainen@fpgaworld.com.
