Reconfigurable Computing

<body> <div align="left"><table border="0" width="592" height="378" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="550" height="1"> <div align="left"> <table border="0" width="625" height="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="625" height="20" colspan="3"><hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" height="107"></td> <td width="383" height="107"><img src="images/banner.gif" alt="banner.gif (19631 bytes)" WIDTH="397" HEIGHT="122"></td> <td width="226" height="107" valign="top"><ul> <li><a href="default.htm" target="_top">Home</a></li> <li><a href="about_reconfig/Default.htm" target="content">Why you need it</a></li> <li><a href="about_epd/Default.htm" target="content">Tanner EPD</a></li> <li><a href="products/Default.htm" target="content">Products</a></li> <li><a href="sales/Default.htm" target="content">Sales</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:info-rc@reconfig-computing.com" target="contents">Contact Us</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="629" height="20" colspan="3"><hr> </td> </tr> </table> </div>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="550" height="35" valign="middle">The site is best experienced with a frames-enhanced browser.  Please download one from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com">www.microsoft.com</a> or <a href="http://www.netscape.com">www.netscape.com</a>.  -  <a href="mailto:plavchan@tanner.com">Webmaster</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="550" height="335" valign="middle"> <p><big><em><strong>Welcome to Reconfigurable Computing</strong></em></big></p> <p>While microprocessors have dominated general-purpose computing for years, there is still a large gap between the computational efficiency of microprocessors and custom silicon.  <a href="products/Default.htm" target="content">Reconfigurable devices</a> from <a href="about_epd/Default.htm" target="content">Tanner EPD</a> have come closer to closing that gap, going beyond the <a href="about_reconfig/Default.htm" target="content">computational efficiency</a> of other competing reconfigurable devices: <ul> <li>Exceptional Modularity and Expandability</li> <li>Utilizes FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)</li> <li>Provides High Performance Fast Prototyping Environment</li> <li>Implements Artificial Neural Networks </li> <li>Capable of Distributed Highly Parallel Processing</li> </ul> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">A key component of our technology is the field programmable gate array (FPGA). The logic of an FPGA is determined by a configuration, similar to software, so that an FPGA can be reconfigured to perform a variety of computations without redesigning the hardware.  An FPGA blurs the distinction between hardware and software. The "hardware" fabricated by a foundry is general purpose; consequently they are mass produced and affordable. The logic of an FPGA is also customized by loading a "configuration," which is similar to a software program. High-level configuration languages (in particular, VHDL and Verilog) support FPGA configuration design, and commercial simulation and synthesis tools, from a wide variety of vendors, can be integrated with other design tools, such as neural network development tools. Hence, through the use of FPGAs, <a href="about_epd/Default.htm">Tanner EPD</a> fully exploits the <a href="about_reconfig/Default.htm">benefits of reconfigurable computing</a>.  Find out about the <a href="products/Default.htm">reconfigurable computer solutions</a> Tanner EPD can offer you.</p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="550" height="63" valign="middle"> <div align="left"> <table border="0" width="625" height="17" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"> <tr> <td width="625" height="20" colspan="2"><hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" height="1"></td> <td width="605" height="1">Copyright Š1998 Tanner Research, Inc. </td> </tr> </table> </div>  </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>