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PRESENTATION
OF THE PROJECT
The Multi-purpOse dynamically Reconfigurable Platform for intensive HEterogeneous processing (MORPHEUS project) is an integrated project which addresses innovative solutions for embedded computing based on dynamically reconfigurable platforms and tools. The large-scale deployment of
Embedded Systems is indeed
raising new demanding requirements in terms of computing performance,
cost-efficient development, low power, functional flexibility and
sustainability. This results in an increasing complexity of the
platforms and an enlarging design productivity gap: current solutions
are out of breath while current development and programming tools do
not support the time-to-market needs. MORPHEUS copes with these
challenges by developing a global
solution based on a modular heterogeneous SOC platform providing the
disruptive technology of dynamically reconfigurable computing completed
by a software oriented design flow and a consistent toolset. These
"Soft
Hardware" architectures will enable huge computing density improvements
(GOPS/Watt,giga operations per second per Watt) by a factor of x100,
reuse capabilities by x5, flexibility
by more than 100 and time to market divided by 2 thanks to a convenient
programming toolset. This will be achieved within a
3-years integrated project
providing:
The suitability and the
efficiency will be validated by a set of four
complementary test cases: Broadband Wireless Access, Network routing,
professional video, Homeland security.
The dissemination through
silicon offer and supporting tools (baseline
for further commercial products) will be completed by specific training
and broad information to address the necessary cultural change.
This will be performed by a consortium where many partners are already involved in bilateral cooperation, and implemented along a 2-steps process to monitor the final content of the project according to state of the art and first results. |
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