Invited Paper: Enhanced Architectures, Design Methodologies and CAD Tools for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Xilinx FPGAs
Patrick S. Lysaght, Brandon J. Blodget, Jeff Mason, Jay Young, Brendan Bridgford · 2006
The paper describes architectural enhancements to Xilinx FPGAs that provide better support for the creation of dynamically reconfigurable designs. These are augmented by a new design methodology that uses pre-routed IP cores for communication between static and dynamic modules and permits static designs to route through regions otherwise reserved for dynamic modules. A new CAD tool flow to automate the methodology is also presented. The new tools initially target the Virtex-II, Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-4 families and are derived from Xilinx's commercial CAD tools