It is generally accepted that a custom hardware implementation of a set of computations will
provide superior speed and energy efficiency relative to a software implementation …

The rapid advancements and stringent requirements of modern embedded computing
systems have led to a surge in the demand for customized processors that can efficiently …

Previous work has shown that virtual architectures, or overlays, can greatly reduce lengthy
FPGA compile times by providing application-specialized resources along with a flexible …

In this article, we present a constraint programming approach for solving hard design
problems present when automatically designing specialized processor extensions …

Processors with extensible instruction sets are often used today as programmable hardware
accelerators for various domains. When extending RISC-V and other similar extensible …

As processors continue to get exponentially cheaper for end users following Moore's law,
the costs involved in their design keep growing, also at an exponential rate. The reason is …

Currently embedded system designs aim to improve areas such as speed, energy efficiency
and the cost of an application. Application-specific instruction set extensions on …

The rate of increase in computing performance has been slowing due to the end of
processor frequency scaling and diminishing returns from multiple cores. We believe the …

This paper introduces ADAM, an approach for merging multiple FPGA designs into a single
hardware design, so that multiple place-and-route tasks can be replaced by a single task to …

Microprocessors continue to get exponentially cheaper for end users following Moore's law,
while the costs involved in their design keep growing, also at an exponential rate. The …