Ingredients of Adaptability: A Survey of Reconfigurable Processors

Table 1

Feature summary of reconfigurable processors.

General			Software view		Coupling	Reconfigurable block
Reference	Year	Domain	Programming	ISA		Granularity	Reconfiguration
PADDI [40, 41]	1992	DSP	Silage compiler	VLIW	Loose	Coarse	—
PRISM [42]	1993	General purpose	HLL compiler	M68010	Loose	Fine	Static
Nano processor [43]	1994	General purpose	Assembly	RISC	Tight	Fine	Static
Spyder [44]	1995	General purpose	HLL compiler	VLIW	Coprocessor	Coarse	—
DISC [45]	1995	General purpose	Assembly	CISC	Tight	Fine	Dynamic
KressArray [46]	1995	General purpose	ALE-X compiler	VLIW	Loose	Coarse	—
RaPiD [47]	1996	DSP	HLL compiler	RISC	Loose	Coarse	—
MATRIX [48]	1996	General purpose	Assembly	SIMD/VLIW	Loose	Coarse	Dynamic
Garp [49, 50]	1997	General purpose	HLL compiler	MIPS	Coprocessor	Fine	Dynamic
NAPA [51, 52]	1998	General purpose	NAPA C compiler	RISC	Coprocessor	Fine	Dynamic
REMARC [53]	1998	Multimedia	Assembly	Custom MIPS	Coprocessor	Coarse	Dynamic
MorphoSys [54, 55]	2000	Multimedia	HLL compiler	Tiny RISC	Tight	Coarse	Dynamic
Pleiades [56]	2001	DSP	HLL compiler	ARM	Coprocessor	Flexible	Dynamic
Chameleon [57, 58]	2002	DSP	HLL compiler	ARM	Coprocessor	Fine	Dynamic
XiRISC [59, 60]	2003	Embedded, multimedia	HLL compiler	Custom RISC	Tight	Fine	Dynamic
Chimaera [61, 62]	2004	Multimedia	HLL compiler	MIPS	Tight	Coarse	Dynamic
MOLEN [63, 64]	2004	General purpose	HLL compiler	PowerPC	Tight	Fine	Dynamic
Stretch [65]	2004	Embedded	HLL compiler	RISC	Tight	Fine	Dynamic
ADRES [30, 66]	2005	Wireless	HLL compiler	VLIW	Tight	Coarse	Dynamic
BUTTER [67]	2008	Multimedia	HLL compiler	RISC	Tight	Coarse	Dynamic
KAHRISMA [68]	2010	Embedded	HLL compiler	RISC/VLIW	Tight	Mixed	Dynamic
DySER [69]	2012	General purpose	HLL compiler	RISC/CISC	Tight	Coarse	Dynamic
FLEXDET [31]	2012	Wireless	HLL compiler	Custom RISC	Tight	Coarse	Dynamic