随着以太网技术和集成电路技术的发展,以太网物理层(Physical Layer,PHY)芯片的速率和性能都得到了极大提升,电路复杂度更是几何级增长,以至于常规的自动测试设备(Automatic Test Equipment,ATE)测试很难充分验证其功能,所以亟需开展相...随着以太网技术和集成电路技术的发展,以太网物理层(Physical Layer,PHY)芯片的速率和性能都得到了极大提升,电路复杂度更是几何级增长,以至于常规的自动测试设备(Automatic Test Equipment,ATE)测试很难充分验证其功能,所以亟需开展相应测试方法研究。提出了一种高效的基于ZYNQ MPSOC的以太网PHY芯片功能测试方法。该方法以ZYNQ MPSOC为核心,设计了一种直达应用层面的系统级测试装置,从而减少了与物理层直接交互的行为,有效降低了测试装置及程序开发难度。经试验验证,提出的基于ZYNQ MPSOC的以太网PHY芯片功能测试方法能够用于以太网PHY芯片测试。展开更多
为研究异构多核片上系统(multi-processor system on chip,MPSoC)在密集并行计算任务中的潜力,文章设计并实现了一种适用于粗粒度数据特征、面向任务级并行应用的异构多核系统动态调度协处理器,采用了片上缓存、任务输出的多级写回管理...为研究异构多核片上系统(multi-processor system on chip,MPSoC)在密集并行计算任务中的潜力,文章设计并实现了一种适用于粗粒度数据特征、面向任务级并行应用的异构多核系统动态调度协处理器,采用了片上缓存、任务输出的多级写回管理、任务自动映射、通讯任务乱序执行等机制。实验结果表明,该动态调度协处理器不仅能够实现任务级乱序执行等基本设计目标,还具有极低的调度开销,相较于基于动态记分牌算法的调度器,运行多个子孔径距离压缩算法的时间降低达17.13%。研究结果证明文章设计的动态调度协处理器能够有效优化目标场景下的任务调度效果。展开更多
The high-speed computational performance is gained at the cost of huge hardware resource,which restricts the application of high-accuracy algorithms because of the limited hardware cost in practical use.To solve the p...The high-speed computational performance is gained at the cost of huge hardware resource,which restricts the application of high-accuracy algorithms because of the limited hardware cost in practical use.To solve the problem,a novel method for designing the field programmable gate array(FPGA)-based non-uniform rational B-spline(NURBS) interpolator and motion controller,which adopts the embedded multiprocessor technique,is proposed in this study.The hardware and software design for the multiprocessor,one of which is for NURBS interpolation and the other for position servo control,is presented.Performance analysis and experiments on an X-Y table are carried out,hardware cost as well as consuming time for interpolation and motion control is compared with the existing methods.The experimental and comparing results indicate that,compared with the existing methods,the proposed method can reduce the hardware cost by 97.5% using higher-accuracy interpolation algorithm within the period of 0.5 ms.A method which ensures the real-time performance and interpolation accuracy,and reduces the hardware cost significantly is proposed,and it’s practical in the use of industrial application.展开更多
Floorplan, clock network and power plan are crucial steps in deep sub-micron system-on-chip design. A novel di- agonal floorplan is integrated to enhance the data sharing between different cores in system-on-chip. Cus...Floorplan, clock network and power plan are crucial steps in deep sub-micron system-on-chip design. A novel di- agonal floorplan is integrated to enhance the data sharing between different cores in system-on-chip. Custom clock network con- taining hand-adjusted buffers and variable routing rules is constructed to realize balanced synchronization. Effective power plan considering both IR drop and electromigration achieves high utilization and maintains power integrity in our MediaSoC. Using such methods, deep sub-micron design challenges are managed under a fast prototyping methodology, which greatly shortens the design cycle.展开更多
Increasing the life span and efficiency of Multiprocessor System on Chip(MPSoC)by reducing power and energy utilization has become a critical chip design challenge for multiprocessor systems.With the advancement of te...Increasing the life span and efficiency of Multiprocessor System on Chip(MPSoC)by reducing power and energy utilization has become a critical chip design challenge for multiprocessor systems.With the advancement of technology,the performance management of central processing unit(CPU)is changing.Power densities and thermal effects are quickly increasing in multi-core embedded technologies due to shrinking of chip size.When energy consumption reaches a threshold that creates a delay in complementary metal oxide semiconductor(CMOS)circuits and reduces the speed by 10%–15%because excessive on-chip temperature shortens the chip’s life cycle.In this paper,we address the scheduling&energy utilization problem by introducing and evaluating an optimal energy-aware earliest deadline first scheduling(EA-EDF)based technique formultiprocessor environments with task migration that enhances the performance and efficiency in multiprocessor systemon-chip while lowering energy and power consumption.The selection of core andmigration of tasks prevents the system from reaching itsmaximumenergy utilization while effectively using the dynamic power management(DPM)policy.Increase in the execution of tasks the temperature and utilization factor(u_(i))on-chip increases that dissipate more power.The proposed approach migrates such tasks to the core that produces less heat and consumes less power by distributing the load on other cores to lower the temperature and optimizes the duration of idle and sleep times across multiple CPUs.The performance of the EA-EDF algorithm was evaluated by an extensive set of experiments,where excellent results were reported when compared to other current techniques,the efficacy of the proposed methodology reduces the power and energy consumption by 4.3%–4.7%on a utilization of 6%,36%&46%at 520&624 MHz operating frequency when particularly in comparison to other energy-aware methods for MPSoCs.Tasks are running and accurately scheduled to make an energy-efficient processor by controlling and managing the thermal effects on-chip and optimizing the energy consumption of MPSoCs.展开更多
文摘为研究异构多核片上系统(multi-processor system on chip,MPSoC)在密集并行计算任务中的潜力,文章设计并实现了一种适用于粗粒度数据特征、面向任务级并行应用的异构多核系统动态调度协处理器,采用了片上缓存、任务输出的多级写回管理、任务自动映射、通讯任务乱序执行等机制。实验结果表明,该动态调度协处理器不仅能够实现任务级乱序执行等基本设计目标,还具有极低的调度开销,相较于基于动态记分牌算法的调度器,运行多个子孔径距离压缩算法的时间降低达17.13%。研究结果证明文章设计的动态调度协处理器能够有效优化目标场景下的任务调度效果。
基金supported by National Key Basic Research Program of China(973 ProgramGrant No.2011CB706804)+1 种基金Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission of China(Grant No.11QH1401400)Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System & Vibration of China(Grant No.MSVMS201102)
文摘The high-speed computational performance is gained at the cost of huge hardware resource,which restricts the application of high-accuracy algorithms because of the limited hardware cost in practical use.To solve the problem,a novel method for designing the field programmable gate array(FPGA)-based non-uniform rational B-spline(NURBS) interpolator and motion controller,which adopts the embedded multiprocessor technique,is proposed in this study.The hardware and software design for the multiprocessor,one of which is for NURBS interpolation and the other for position servo control,is presented.Performance analysis and experiments on an X-Y table are carried out,hardware cost as well as consuming time for interpolation and motion control is compared with the existing methods.The experimental and comparing results indicate that,compared with the existing methods,the proposed method can reduce the hardware cost by 97.5% using higher-accuracy interpolation algorithm within the period of 0.5 ms.A method which ensures the real-time performance and interpolation accuracy,and reduces the hardware cost significantly is proposed,and it’s practical in the use of industrial application.
基金Project supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development Pro-gram (863) of China (No. 2002AA1Z1140)the Fok Ying TongEducation Foundation (No. 94031), China
文摘Floorplan, clock network and power plan are crucial steps in deep sub-micron system-on-chip design. A novel di- agonal floorplan is integrated to enhance the data sharing between different cores in system-on-chip. Custom clock network con- taining hand-adjusted buffers and variable routing rules is constructed to realize balanced synchronization. Effective power plan considering both IR drop and electromigration achieves high utilization and maintains power integrity in our MediaSoC. Using such methods, deep sub-micron design challenges are managed under a fast prototyping methodology, which greatly shortens the design cycle.
文摘Increasing the life span and efficiency of Multiprocessor System on Chip(MPSoC)by reducing power and energy utilization has become a critical chip design challenge for multiprocessor systems.With the advancement of technology,the performance management of central processing unit(CPU)is changing.Power densities and thermal effects are quickly increasing in multi-core embedded technologies due to shrinking of chip size.When energy consumption reaches a threshold that creates a delay in complementary metal oxide semiconductor(CMOS)circuits and reduces the speed by 10%–15%because excessive on-chip temperature shortens the chip’s life cycle.In this paper,we address the scheduling&energy utilization problem by introducing and evaluating an optimal energy-aware earliest deadline first scheduling(EA-EDF)based technique formultiprocessor environments with task migration that enhances the performance and efficiency in multiprocessor systemon-chip while lowering energy and power consumption.The selection of core andmigration of tasks prevents the system from reaching itsmaximumenergy utilization while effectively using the dynamic power management(DPM)policy.Increase in the execution of tasks the temperature and utilization factor(u_(i))on-chip increases that dissipate more power.The proposed approach migrates such tasks to the core that produces less heat and consumes less power by distributing the load on other cores to lower the temperature and optimizes the duration of idle and sleep times across multiple CPUs.The performance of the EA-EDF algorithm was evaluated by an extensive set of experiments,where excellent results were reported when compared to other current techniques,the efficacy of the proposed methodology reduces the power and energy consumption by 4.3%–4.7%on a utilization of 6%,36%&46%at 520&624 MHz operating frequency when particularly in comparison to other energy-aware methods for MPSoCs.Tasks are running and accurately scheduled to make an energy-efficient processor by controlling and managing the thermal effects on-chip and optimizing the energy consumption of MPSoCs.
