An AMBA AHB-based reconfigurable SOC architecture using multiplicity of dedicated flyby DMA blocks

– We propose a System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture for reconfigurable applications based on the AMBA HighSpeed Bus (AHB). The architecture features multiple low-area flyby DMA blocks for transferring configuration data. Furthermore, the architecture eliminates the use of energyconsuming instructions used in comparable commercial reconfigurable SoCs. The flyby DMA blocks achieve a reduction of up to 98% in the number of gates found in general-purpose DMA controllers. The DMA blocks also achieve the flyby throughput which halves the number of clock cycles used in conventional DMA for data transfer. We also demonstrate the presence of parallel processing which contributes to improved system performance of the proposed architecture over commercial comparatives.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ASPDAC
• Authors: Adeoye Olugbon, Sami Khawam, Tughrul Arslan, Ioannis Nousias, Iain Lindsay
• Keywords: ASPDAC 2005, DMA Blocks, Flyby Dma Blocks, Hardware, Low-area Flyby Dma