Architecture Exploration of FPGA Based Accelerators for BioInformatics Applications

• Main Authors: Varma, B. Sharat Chandra (Author), Paul, Kolin (Author), Balakrishnan, M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics, 55
• Subjects: Engineering.; Bioinformatics.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

This book presents an evaluation methodology to design future FPGA fabrics incorporating hard embedded blocks (HEBs) to accelerate applications. This methodology will be useful for selection of blocks to be embedded into the fabric and for evaluating the performance gain that can be achieved by such...