2006
A 1,632 gate-count Zero-Overhead Dynamic Optically Reconfigurable Gate Array VLSI
RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING: ARCHITECTURES AND APPLICATIONS
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- Volume
- 3985
- Number
- First page
- 268
- Last page
- 273
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- Publisher
- SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN
A Zero-Overhead Dynamic Optically Reconfigurable Gate Array (ZO-DORGA), based on a concept using junction capacitance of photodiodes and load capacitance of gates constructing a gate array as configuration memory, has been proposed to realize a single instruction set computer that requires zero-overhead fast reconfiguration. To date, although the concept and architecture have been proposed and some simulation results of designs have been presented, a ZO-ORGA VLSI chip has never been fabricated. In this paper, the first 1,632 gate-count zero-overhead VLSI chip fabricated using 0.35 um CMOS process technology is presented. The 1,632 ZO-DORGA-VLSI is not only the first prototype VLSI chip; it is also the largest gate-count ORGA. Such a large gate count ORGA had never been fabricated until this study. The performance of ZO-DORGA-VLSI is clarified and discussed using experimental results.
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- ISSN : 0302-9743
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000240036500035