Abstract

We present and describe Torc - (Tools for Open Reconfigurable Computing) - an open-source infrastructure and tool set, provided entirely as C++ source code and available at http://torc.isi.edu. Torc is suitable for custom research applications, for CAD tool development, and for architecture exploration.
The Torc infrastructure can (1) read, write, and manipulate generic netlists - currently EDIF, (2) read, write, and manipulate physical netlists - currently XDL, and indirectly NCD, (3) provide exhaustive wiring and logic information for commercial devices, and (4) read, write, and manipulate bitstream packets (but not configuration frame contents). Torc furthermore provides routing and unpacking tools for full or partial designs, soon to be augmented with BLIF support, and with packing and placing tools.
The architectural data for Xilinx devices is generated from non-proprietary XDLRC files, and currently supports 140 …

Date

February 27, 2011

Authors

Neil Steiner, Aaron Wood, Hamid Shojaei, Jacob Couch, Peter Athanas, Matthew French

Book

Proceedings of the 19th ACM/SIGDA international symposium on Field programmable gate arrays

Pages

41-44