TWEPP-09 Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics

Recent Advances in Architectures and Tools for Complex FPGA-based Systems (Invited Talk)

25 Sept 2009, 09:00

45m

Institut des Cordeliers 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine (Métro Odéon) Paris, France

Oral Programmable Logic, design tools and methods Plenary Session 6 - Programmable Logic, Boards, Crates and Systems

Speaker

Prof. Michael Schulte (College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin)

Description

Emerging FPGA architectures include large amounts of programmable logic and interconnect, dedicated memory, and digital signal processing slices, along with high-speed serial and parallel I/0, embedded microprocessors, integrated communication blocks, and advanced clocking capabilities. These emerging FPGA architectures and new FPGA development tools, which enable designs to be developed at a high level of abstraction, are enabling the design of very complex digital systems. In this talk, I will provide an overview of emerging FPGA architectures and describe some recently developed tools that facilitate the rapid design, integration, and testing of complex FPGA-based systems. I will also discuss how some of these FPGA architectures and tools are being utilized to facilitate the design and testing of advanced FPGA-based systems for particle physics.

Summary

Biography:
Michael Schulte is an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he directs the Madison Embedded Systems and Architectures (MESA) Lab. He received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and M. S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He has served as the Program Chair and General Chair for several internal conferences, and as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Computers and the Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems.

Michael's research and teaching interests include FPGA-based embedded systems, domain-specific processors, computer architecture, computer arithmetic, and digital system design. He currently leads an NSF-supported project on “Design and Integration of Complex Digital Systems for High Energy Physics,” which seeks to develop novel techniques and tools to enable geographically-distributed, multidisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers to design, integrate, and test complex FPGA-based systems for upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.

Presentation materials

Paper

TWEPP_Paper_Gregerson_FPGAs.pdf

Slides

TWEPP_FPGA_Architectures_and_Tools_Final.pdf

TWEPP_FPGA_Architectures_and_Tools_Final.ppt