Result: Solving SAT with a context-switching virtual clause pipeline and an FPGA embedded processor

Title:
Solving SAT with a context-switching virtual clause pipeline and an FPGA embedded processor
Source:
FPL 2004 : field-programmable logic and applications (Antwerp, 30 August - 1 September 2004)Lecture notes in computer science. :344-353
Publisher Information:
Berlin: Springer, 2004.
Publication Year:
2004
Physical Description:
print, 23 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
INESC-ID/IST-Technical University of Lisbon/Coreworks, Lda R. Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa, Portugal
ISSN:
0302-9743
Rights:
Copyright 2004 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems

Electronics
Accession Number:
edscal.16107523
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

This paper proposes an architecture that combines a context-switching virtual configware/software SAT solver with an embedded processor to promote a tighter coupling between configware and software. The virtual circuit is an arbitrarily large clause pipeline, partitioned into sections of a number of stages (hardware pages), which can fit in the configware. The hardware performs logical implications, grades and select decision variables. The software monitors the data and takes care of the high-level algorithmic flow. Experimental results show speed-ups that reach up to two orders of magnitude in one case. Future improvements for addressing scalability and performance issues are also discussed.