Sagem DS: Video Hardware
Hardware partial reconfiguration solution improves operational capabilities of FPGAs for video.
In many modern applications such as video processing, minimizing FPGA reconfiguration time is critical in order to avoid losing too many images. Partial reconfiguration is a technique that allows users to reconfigure a small part of the FPGA without impacting logical elements around it. Because a partial bitstream is smaller than a full one, it takes less time to reconfigure.
Sagem DS has devised a technique that allows FPGA designers to accomplish partial reconfiguration very fast. The all-hardware solution is based on a little state machine and the internal configuration access port (ICAP) interface for bitstream loading.
Additional Information
- Read the complete article, “Accelerate Partial Reconfiguration with a 100% Hardware Solution,” in Xcell Journal Issue 79