Examining the viability of FPGA supercomputing Export

@article{citeulike:5769983, abstract = {For certain applications, custom computational hardware created using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can produce significant performance improvements over processors, leading some in academia and industry to call for the inclusion of FPGAs in supercomputing clusters. This paper presents a comparative analysis of FPGAs and traditional processors, focusing on floating-point performance and procurement costs, revealing economic hurdles in the adoption of FPGAs for general high-performance computing (HPC).}, address = {New York, NY, United States}, author = {Craven, Stephen and Athanas, Peter}, citeulike-article-id = {5769983}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1287518}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/93652}, doi = {10.1155/2007/93652}, issn = {1687-3955}, journal = {EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems}, keywords = {floating\_point, fpga, fpgasupercomputing}, number = {1}, pages = {13}, posted-at = {2009-09-10 15:23:10}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Hindawi Publishing Corp.}, title = {Examining the viability of {FPGA} supercomputing}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/93652}, volume = {2007}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5769983 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5769983 N2 - For certain applications, custom computational hardware created using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can produce significant performance improvements over processors, leading some in academia and industry to call for the inclusion of FPGAs in supercomputing clusters. This paper presents a comparative analysis of FPGAs and traditional processors, focusing on floating-point performance and procurement costs, revealing economic hurdles in the adoption of FPGAs for general high-performance computing (HPC). IS - 1 JF - EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems SN - 1687-3955 AD - New York, NY, United States EP - 13 TI - Examining the viability of {FPGA} supercomputing PB - Hindawi Publishing Corp. VL - 2007 SP - 13 KW - floating_point KW - fpga KW - fpgasupercomputing AU - Craven, Stephen AU - Athanas, Peter PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/93652 ER -