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A Novel Framework for Exploring 3-D FPGAs with Heterogeneous Interconnect Fabric

Siozios, Kostas
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Pavlidis, Vasilis F.
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Soudris, Dimitrios
2012
ACM Transactions On Reconfigurable Technology And Systems

A heterogeneous interconnect architecture can be a useful approach for the design of 3-D FPGAs. A methodology to investigate heterogeneous interconnection schemes for 3-D FPGAs under different 3-D fabrication technologies is proposed. Application of the proposed methodology on benchmark circuits demonstrates an improvement in delay, power consumption, and total wire-length of approximately 41%, 32%, and 36%, respectively, as compared to 2-D FPGAs. These improvements are additional to reducing the number of interlayer connections. The fewer interlayer connections are traded off for a higher yield. An area model to evaluate this trade-off is presented. Results indicate that a heterogeneous 3-D FPGA requires 37% less area as compared to a homogeneous 3-D FPGA. Consequently, the heterogeneous FPGAs can exhibit a higher manufacturing yield. A design toolset is also developed to support the design and exploration of various performance metrics for the proposed 3-D FPGAs.

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research article
DOI
10.1145/2133352.2133356
Web of Science ID

WOS:000302282400004

Author(s)
Siozios, Kostas
Pavlidis, Vasilis F.
Soudris, Dimitrios
Date Issued

2012

Published in
ACM Transactions On Reconfigurable Technology And Systems
Volume

5

Issue

1

Start page

4

Subjects

Algorithms

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Design

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3-D reconfigurable architectures

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design framework

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3-D integration

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interconnection fabric

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FPGAs

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Integrated-Circuits

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Architecture

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Performance

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REVIEWED

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May 4, 2012
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