Reconfigurable Computing: Technologies and Trends
5:30-6:00pm, reception at 5:00.
Location: Marston, Room 132
Reconfigurable devices, such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have become important components in many digital systems. These devices are often used in systems ranging from multiprocessors to power-restricted embedded systems. This talk will examine the basics of reconfigurable computing and FPGA components. Recent research aimed at reducing the power consumption of FPGAs will be highlighted. This work, which was performed by the UMass Reconfigurable Computing Group, allows for a 7% dynamic power reduction for a range of computing applications.
Russell Tessier is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He received the B.S. degree in computer engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY in 1989 and S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from MIT, Cambridge, MA in 1992 and 1999, respectively. Dr. Tessier is a founder of Virtual Machine Works, a logic emulation company, and has also worked at BBN, Ikos Systems, and Altera. Prof. Tessier currently leads the Reconfigurable Computing Group at UMass. His research interests include computer architecture, field-programmable gate arrays, and system verification.
