Framework for development and distribution of hardware acceleration

David B. Thomas; Wayne W.C. Luk

doi:10.1117/12.455459

2 July 2002 Framework for Development and Distribution of Hardware Acceleration

David B. Thomas, Wayne W.C. Luk

Proceedings Volume 4867, Reconfigurable Technology: FPGAs and Reconfigurable Processors for Computing and Communications IV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.455459
Event: ITCom 2002: The Convergence of Information Technologies and Communications, 2002, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes IGOL, a framework for developing reconfigurable data processing applications. While IGOL was originally designed to target imaging and graphics systems, its structure is sufficiently general to support a broad range of applications. IGOL adopts a four-layer architecture: application layer, operation layer, appliance layer and configuration layer. This architecture is intended to separate and co-ordinate both the development and execution of hardware and software components. Hardware developers can use IGOL as an instance testbed for verification and benchmarking, as well as for distribution. Software application developers can use IGOL to discover hardware accelerated data processors, and to access them in a transparent, non-hardware specific manner. IGOL provides extensive support for the RC1000-PP board via the Handel-C language, and a wide selection of image processing filters have been developed. IGOL also supplies plug-ins to enable such filters to be incorporated in popular applications such as Premiere, Winamp, VirtualDub and DirectShow. Moreover, IGOL allows the automatic use of multiple cards to accelerate an application, demonstrated using DirectShow. To enable transparent acceleration without sacrificing performance, a three-tiered COM (Component Object Model) API has been designed and implemented. This API provides a well-defined and extensible interface which facilitates the development of hardware data processors that can accelerate multiple applications.

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David B. Thomas and Wayne W.C. Luk "Framework for Development and Distribution of Hardware Acceleration", Proc. SPIE 4867, Reconfigurable Technology: FPGAs and Reconfigurable Processors for Computing and Communications IV, (2 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.455459

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