Welcome to Reconfigurable Computing

While microprocessors have dominated general-purpose computing for years, there is still a large gap between the computational efficiency of microprocessors and custom silicon.  Reconfigurable devices from Tanner EPD have come closer to closing that gap, going beyond the computational efficiency of other competing reconfigurable devices:

• Exceptional Modularity and Expandability
• Utilizes FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
• Provides High Performance Fast Prototyping Environment
• Implements Artificial Neural Networks
• Capable of Distributed Highly Parallel Processing

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, Tanner EPD fully exploits the benefits of reconfigurable computing.  Find out about the reconfigurable computer solutions Tanner EPD can offer you.