Abstract Distributed Resource Management Systems (D-RMS) control the usage of hard
resources, such as CPU cycles, memory, disk space and network bandwidth, in high …

Achieving seamless portability in reconfigurable hardware designs among vendor-specific
FPGA platforms continues to be a nontrivial task. The current reliance on custom hardware …

The nomadic nature of medical professionals can hinder their ability to access efficient
medical tools at locations of their choice. The portability and connectivity characteristics of …

The proprietary nature of FPGA platforms has been a hindrance to developer and user
productivity since the inception of reconfigurable computing. Numerous solutions such as …

The addition of reconfigurable hardware (FPGAs) to the nodes of Beowulf-style clusters has
the potential to accelerate a variety of parallel applications through a combination of parallel …

The technological role of handheld devices is fundamentally changing. Portable computers
were traditionally application specific. They were designed and optimised to deliver a …

Despite the low price and ever increasing capability of commodity desktop computing
hardware, a strong demand still exists in many quarters for computing power beyond that …

Next-generation handhelds are expected to be multi-functional devices capable of executing
a broad range of compute-intensive applications. These handheld devices are constraint by …

The ubiquitous computing vision of “everywhere, anytime” introduces performance and
versatility issues for future personal mobile devices. These handheld computers will be …

In today's semiconductor industry, both the pure-play and independent device manufacturer
(IDM) foundries are constantly and rigorously competing for market share. The …