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Firmware and gateway for the ACE1 reconfigurable accelerator card
This thesis describes the continued work on the in-house designed FPGA based co-processor daughtercard referred to as ACE1. The aim: to create an ecosystem incorporating firmware, bootstrapping code, drivers and a development environment to create a seamless environment. Challenges in setting up and...
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| description | This thesis describes the continued work on the in-house designed FPGA based co-processor daughtercard referred to as ACE1. The aim: to create an ecosystem incorporating firmware, bootstrapping code, drivers and a development environment to create a seamless environment. Challenges in setting up and debugging the interface that connects the coprocessor daughtercard to the host server include: problems with the power network, the edge connectors and timing problems with the primary protocol which prevented host-based communications. The options include allowing the daughtercard to function in a stand-alone fashion and we present a gateware solution that allows users to select from a number of alternatives for each of the layers in the Open Systems Interconnect networking model. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10926 Firmware and gateway for the ACE1 reconfigurable accelerator card Thorne, Nicholas James Electrical Engineering This thesis describes the continued work on the in-house designed FPGA based co-processor daughtercard referred to as ACE1. The aim: to create an ecosystem incorporating firmware, bootstrapping code, drivers and a development environment to create a seamless environment. Challenges in setting up and debugging the interface that connects the coprocessor daughtercard to the host server include: problems with the power network, the edge connectors and timing problems with the primary protocol which prevented host-based communications. The options include allowing the daughtercard to function in a stand-alone fashion and we present a gateware solution that allows users to select from a number of alternatives for each of the layers in the Open Systems Interconnect networking model. 2015-01-02T08:53:53Z 2015-01-02T08:53:53Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10926 eng application/pdf Department of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering Thorne, Nicholas James Firmware and gateway for the ACE1 reconfigurable accelerator card |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Firmware and gateway for the ACE1 reconfigurable accelerator card |
| title_full | Firmware and gateway for the ACE1 reconfigurable accelerator card |
| title_fullStr | Firmware and gateway for the ACE1 reconfigurable accelerator card |
| title_full_unstemmed | Firmware and gateway for the ACE1 reconfigurable accelerator card |
| title_short | Firmware and gateway for the ACE1 reconfigurable accelerator card |
| title_sort | firmware and gateway for the ace1 reconfigurable accelerator card |
| topic | Electrical Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10926 |
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