FlexCore: Implementing an Exposed Datapath Processor
Paper in proceeding, 2013

The FlexCore processor is the resulting implementation of an exposed datapath approach conceptualized in the FlexSoC programme. By way of a crossbar switch interconnect, all execution units in a FlexCore datapath can potentially communicate, allowing the inherent hardware parallelism to be utilized. This interconnect enables configuration of a datapath to match an application domain, for example, by way of datapath accelerators. The baseline FlexCore is a general-purpose processor (GPP) and since all FlexCore configurations are extensions to the baseline, they offer GPP functionality as complement to the domain-specific functionality. This paper gives an overview of the implementation of complete FlexCore processors, accompanied with discussions on datapath interconnects, datapath extensions and instruction decompression.

Author

Magnus Själander

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computer Engineering (Chalmers)

Per Larsson-Edefors

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computer Engineering (Chalmers)

Proceedings of International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation, Samos, Greece, July 15-18

306-313 6621139
978-147990103-6 (ISBN)

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Computer Systems

DOI

10.1109/SAMOS.2013.6621139

ISBN

978-147990103-6

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10/7/2017