Explorando a união entre memória de contextos e de instruções de uma arquitetura reconfigurável visando a redução de área e consumo de potência em sistemas embarcados

Abstract

In this work, a new structure of memory for reconfigurable architectures, emerging solutions for embedded systems, has been developed. The new memory, called Unified Memory, try to merge reconfiguration contexts and instructions in only one storage structure. Through this operation, the paradigm of using one memory for each function is broken. Moreover, the Unified Memory also seeks to increase the hit rate of reconfiguration contexts, increasing its usefulness within the reconfigurable architecture scenario. Finally, it is shown that the Unified Memory achieve significant reductions in area and power, while the performance is increased in the parity area analysis and almost maintained in the reduction of area analysis.