Plastic Cell Architecture: A Dynamically Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Computer

This paper describes a dynamically reconfigurable hardware-based computer called the Plastic Cell Architecture (PCA). PCA consists of dualstructured sea-of -cells that consist of a built-in part and a plastic part. The built-in part forms `cellular automata' while the plastic part looks like an SRAM-based FPGA. We detail the design flow especially how to implement logic onto the processing element. The advantages of PCA, considering VLSI implementation and several application examples, are also described.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: IPPS
• Authors: Hiroshi Nakada, Kiyoshi Oguri, Norbert Imlig, Minoru Inamori, Ryusuke Konishi, Hideyuki Ito, Kouichi Nagami, Tsunemichi Shiozawa
• Keywords: Distributed And Parallel Computing, Dualstructured Sea-of -cells, IPPS 1999, Plastic Cell Architecture, Plastic Part