Parallel Computing with FPGAs

Deadline: 1 July 2011 (EXTENDED DEADLINE)

FPGAs are on the rise in high-performance computing. In recent years, their configurability, flexibility and compute capabilities have thoroughly increased, while these devices maintain a low-power profile. This makes multi-FPGA systems quite attractive for high-performance, highly parallel and green computing.

The programming of FPGAs continues to improve with high-level C-like development environments and low-level development kits for performance tuning.

However, the design complexity of FPGAs and their role as building block in a high-performance computing system is subject to innovative research. Many diverse approaches exist, ranging from novel architectures, hardware-software co-design, evolvable hardware, evolutionary algorithms, reconfigurable computing, to the development of whole compiler, simulation and synthesis frameworks.

In this ParaFPGA symposium, new and original contributions are invited on parallel computing with FPGAs. Because of their versatility as an enabling component in parallel architectures, all areas of FPGAs in parallel computing are addressed, in particular: methodology, performance analysis, architectures, algorithms and applications.

A list of topics is given in the call for papers.

ParaFPGA and FPL

ParaFPGA takes place the week before the Field Programmable Logic (FPL) conference. A visit to ParaFPGA can be easily combined with FPL in Chania, Greece. Star Alliance partners Brussels Airlines and Aegean have daily flights between Brussels and Chania (Greece) with a connection in Athens.