State of the Art: SoA of reconfigurable computing architectures and tools

Abstract

This chapter provides an analysis of the state of the art about two basic and complementary aspects that drive the development of MORPHEUS: the architecture of a reconfigurable computing platform and the corresponding application toolchain. The two issues are treated in a general manner rather than comparing every single aspect with the MORPHEUS case. So this chapter provides a complete and consistent introduction of the state of the art about reconfigurable computers that can also be read as a standalone contribution being not dependent on the other parts of the book. © 2009 Springer Netherlands.