FPGA 20 Reading List
Highlighting Significant Contributions from 20 Years of the International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (1992–2011)
For the 20th anniversary of the International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays in 2012, we have assembled a special volume to highlight the most significant papers from the conferences. We highlight 25 papers across all years and major FPGA topics that best exemplify the contributions from the conference. Compared to the 400–500 papers that have appeared in the conference, 25 papers will represent roughly 5% of all the papers published in the conference to date.
Listed below are the 25 papers. Linked for each paper is a one-page endorsement written by an expert in the field that captures the historical context in which the paper was written and offers a retrospective view on its significance. A URL link to the original paper is provided at the bottom of each endorsement.
1994
Unifying FPGAs and SIMD Arrays
Michael Bolotski, André DeHon, Thomas F. Knight, Jr.
Architecture
Endorsement by: Jonathan Rose
1995
PathFinder: A Negotiation-Based Performance-Driven Router for FPGAs
Larry McMurchie and Carl Ebeling
Computer-Aided Design
Endorsement by Sinan Kaptanoglu
Simultaneous Depth and Area Minimization in LUT-based FPGA Mapping
Jason Cong and Yean-Yow Hwang
Computer-Aided Design
Endorsement by Eugene Ding
1996
DPGA Utilization and Application
André DeHon
Applications
Endorsement by John Wawrzynek
1997
Signal Processing at 250 MHz using High-Performance FPGA’s
Brian Von Herzen
Applications
Endorsement by André DeHon and Steve Trimberger
1998
A survey of CORDIC algorithms for FPGA based computers
Ray Andraka
Applications
Endorsement by Paul Chow
Managing Pipeline-Reconfigurable FPGAs
Srihari Cadambi, Jeffery Weener, Seth Copen Goldstein, Herman Schmit, Donald E. Thomas
Reconfigurable Computing
Endorsement by Katherine Compton and André DeHon
1999
Balancing Interconnect and Computation in a Reconfigurable Computing Array (or, why you don’t really want 100% LUT utilization)
André DeHon
Architecture
Endorsement by Mike Hutton
Cut Ranking and Pruning: Enabling a General and Efficient FPGA Mapping Solution
Jason Cong, Chang Wu, Yuzheng Ding
Computer-Aided Design
Endorsement by Steve Wilton
FPGA Routing Architecture: Segmentation and Buffering to Optimize Speed and Density
Vaughn Betz, Jonathan Rose
Architecture
Endorsement by Carl Ebeling
HSRA: High-Speed, Hierarchical Synchronous Reconfigurable Array
William Tsu, Kip Macy, Atul Joshi, Randy Huang, Norman Walker, Tony Tung, Omid Rowhani, Varghese George, John Wawrzynek, André DeHon
Architecture
Endorsement by Carl Ebeling
Using Cluster-Based Logic Blocks and Timing-Driven Packing to Improve FPGA Speed and Density
Alexander (Sandy) Marquardt, Vaughn Betz, Jonathan Rose
Computer-Aided Design
Endorsement by Steve Wilton
2000
Automatic Generation of FPGA Routing Architectures from High-Level Descriptions
Vaughn Betz, Jonathan Rose
Computer-Aided Design
Endorsement by Scott Hauck
The Effect of LUT and Cluster Size on Deep-Submicron FPGA Performance and Density
Elias Ahmed, Jonathan Rose
Architecture
Endorsement by Mike Hutton
Timing-Driven Placement for FPGAs
Alexander (Sandy) Marquardt, Vaughn Betz, Jonathan Rose
Computer-Aided Design
Endorsement by Jason Cong
2001
Using Sparse Crossbars within LUT Clusters
Guy Lemieux, David Lewis
Architecture
Endorsement by Sinan Kaptanoglu
2002
Dynamic Power Consumption in Virtex™-II FPGA Family
Li Shang, Alireza Kaviani, Kusuma Bathala
Circuits
Endorsement by Russ Tessier
On the Sensitivity of FPGA Architectural Conclusions to Experimental Assumptions, Tools, and Techniques
Andy Yan, Rebecca Cheng, Steven J.E. Wilton
Architecture
Endorsement by Katherine Compton
2003
The Stratix™ Routing and Logic Architecture
David Lewis, Vaughn Betz, David Jefferson, Andy Lee, Chris Lane, Paul Leventis, Sandy Marquardt, Cameron McClintock, Bruce Pedersen, Giles Powell, Srinivas Reddy, Chris Wysocki, Richard Cliff, Jonathan Rose
Architecture
Endorsement by Herman Schmit
2004
Active Leakage Power Optimization for FPGAs
Jason H. Anderson, Farid N. Najm, Tim Tuan
Circuits
Endorsement by Russ Tessier
FPGAs vs. CPUs: Trends in Peak Floating-Point Performance
Keith Underwood
Reconfigurable Computing
Endorsement by Paul Chow
Nanowire-Based Sublithographic Programmable Logic Arrays
André DeHon, Michael J. Wilson
Architecture
Endorsement by Deming Chen
2006
Measuring the Gap Between FPGAs and ASICs
Ian Kuon, Jonathan Rose
Architecture
Endorsement by Herman Schmit
2008
High-Quality, Deterministic Parallel Placement for FPGAs on Commodity Hardware
Adrian Ludwin, Vaughn Betz, Ketan Padalia
Computer-Aided Design
Endorsement by Jonathan Rose
2010
Efficient Multi-Ported Memories for FPGAs
Charles Eric LaForest, J. Gregory Steffan
Applications
Endorsement by Scott Hauck