Experiencing a Problem-Based Learning Approach for Teaching Reconfigurable Architecture Design

Algorithm 3

Code example for the reduction computing unit (intermediate macro procedure).

macro proc reductionUnit

      (funcChan, inChan, outChan){

  /∗declaring communication channels∗/

 chan signed 13 c5,c6,c7;

 chan signed 14 c2[4];

 chan signed 15 c3[2];

 chan signed 16 c4;

  /∗parallel activity of compute nodes∗/

 par{

   par(j=0; j< 4; j++){

    computeUnit1(funcChan,

      inChan[2∗j], inChan[2∗j+1], c2[j]);}

   nopNode (inChan[8], c5);

   par(k=0; k< 2; k++){

    computeUnit2 (funcChan,

            c2[2∗k], c2[2∗k+1], c3[k]);}

   nopNode (c5, c6);

   computeUnit3(funcChan,c3[0],c3[1],c4);

   nopNode (c6, c7);

   computeUnit4(funcChan,c4,c7,outChan);

}}