Research Article

Using Genetic Algorithms for Hardware Core Placement and Mapping in NoC-Based Reconfigurable Systems

Table 2

Results of the semiexhaustive algorithm.

ApplicationCoresBest costExecution time (s)% of violation

Alpha Small 877 197 0
Varied 1317 89 71.3
Big 1355 60 94.8

Beta Small 2364 6552 0
Varied 2518 4486 15.3
Big 2659 698 91.4

Gamma Small N/A >8.6 ×  N/A
Varied N/A >8.6 ×  N/A
Big N/A >8.6 ×  N/A