ESP is an open-source research platform for heterogeneous SoC design. The platform
combines a modular tile-based architecture with a variety of application-oriented flows for …

The success of agile development methods in software development has raised interest in
System-on-Chip (SoC) design, which involves high architectural and development process …

Traditionally, architecture prototypes are built on top of FPGA infrastructure, with two
associated problems. First, very large FPGAs are prohibitively expensive for most people …

The slowing and forecasted end of Moore's Law have forced designers to look beyond
simply adding transistors, encouraging them to employ other unused resources as a manner …

Heterogeneous computers integrate general-purpose host processors with domain-specific
accelerators to combine versatility with efficiency and high performance. To realize the full …

Exciting times in hardware design are upon us. Spearheaded by the RISC-V ISA, and the
recent DARPA POSH/IDEA program which focuses on both open source IP and open source …

Frameworks for the agile development of modern system-on-chips are crucial to dealing with
the complexity of de-signing such architectures. The open-source Vespa framework for …

Accelerators have become fundamental building blocks of any modern architecture.
Accelerators are often deployed on a platform by evaluating performance and energy …

Current processor chip designs are mainly oriented by performance, power and area (PPA),
and developed using the waterfall model. However, there are two main challenges in this …

Stream processing applications are becoming increasingly complex, requiring parallel and
adaptable architectures under real-time constraints. Currently, selecting appropriate …