Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Applied Research Laboratory

A TCP/IP Based Multi-Device Programming Circuit

David V. Schuehler – Harvey Ku – John Lockwood

http://www.arl.wustl.edu/arl/projects/fpx

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Goals

• Develop an efficient mechanism for programming multiple devices

• Program devices with identical content

• Allow devices to be placed throughout the Internet

• Support a hardware-based solution– No microprocessor or soft core

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Solution

PCPCPCPCInternet

PCPCPCPC

ReconfigurableDevice 1

End Point

ReconfigurableDevice 2

ReconfigurableDevice 3

TCP/IPdata flow

• A hardware circuit which extracts device configuration information from TCP/IP data flow

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System Configuration

• Programming Station– Transmits configuration file

• End Station– Terminates TCP/IP connection– Acts as data sink

• One or More Target Devices– Contains programmer circuit & target component

• Network Connectivity– IP route from programmer to each device and end station

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Development Platform FPX Module

OscillatorsStatic Ram

NID (XCV600E)

RAD (XCV2000E)

PROM

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FPX Internal Structure

SRAM

EC

Mo

du

le

EC

NID

Switch LineCard

Mo

du

le

RAD

VC VC

VCVC

RAD

Program

SDRAM SDRAM

Data Data

SRAM

Data

SRAM

Data

RAD: Reprogrammable Application Device

•Xilinx XCV2000E FPGA

•External SRAM/SDRAM

•Reprogrammable

NID: Network Interface Device

•XCV600E FPGA

•Controls FPX

•Programs RAD

•Forwards traffic

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Programmer Circuit Components

ATM Cell Wrapper

Multi-Device Programmer

TCP Splitter

AAL5 Frame Wrapper

IP Wrapper

IP frames

Byt

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trea

m

IP frames

Programming Data

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Testing Configuration

RAD

NID

RAD

NID

Programmer FPX Target FPX

TCP-FormattedData

Outgoing TCP-Formatted Data(to next device)

ReconfigurationBitstream

Field ProgrammableGate Array

Programmer

TCPSplitter

IP WrapperFrame WrapperCell Wrapper

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Washington UniversityGigabit Switch Environment

StackedFPX Modules

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Stacked FPX Devices

WUGS

I/O port I/O portWUGS Switch Elements

Two StackedFPX Devices NID RAD SRAM

SDRAM

NIDRADSRAM

SDRAM

Programmer

Target

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Programmer ResultsProgrammer +

TCP-Splitter +

Protocol Wrappers

Post Place & Route Clock Frequency

71.76 MHz

Slice Flip Flops 5668 (14%)

LUTs 5210 (13%)

Block RAM 47 (29%)

Time to program 3 devices with 2.2MByte config file

1.102 seconds

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Comparative Transmit Performance(1MByte bitfile) (wide area throughput = 8Mb/s) (switch delay = 100usec)

Devices Programmed(N)

One-at-a-time

Programming(N*filesize/bitrate)

Multi-Device

Programming(size/rate + N*delay)

1 1 sec 1 sec

10 10 sec 1 sec

100 1.7 min 1 sec

1,000 16.7 min 1.1 sec

10,000 2.8 hrs 2 sec

100,000 1.2 days 11 sec

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Comparative Transmit Performance(1MByte bitfile) (wide area throughput = 80Mb/s) (switch delay = 100usec)

Devices Programmed(N)

One-at-a-time

Programming(N*filesize/bitrate)

Multi-Device

Programming(size/rate + N*delay)

1 .1 sec .1 sec

10 1 sec .1 sec

100 10 sec .1 sec

1,000 1.7 min .2 sec

10,000 16.7 min 1.1 sec

100,000 2.8 hrs 10.1 sec

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Summary

• A hardware circuit has been developed which supports the simultaneous programming of multiple devices

• Devices can be dispersed throughout the Internet at disparate locations

• Programming information is transmitted once and received by all devices

• Simple to add or remove devices from programming chain

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Multi-Device Programmer

PCPCPCPCInternet

PCPCPCPC

ReconfigurableDevice 1

End Point

ReconfigurableDevice 2

ReconfigurableDevice 3

TCP/IPdata flow

• A hardware circuit which extracts device configuration information from TCP/IP data flow and programs remote devices

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Configuration

RAD

NID

RAD

NID

Programmer FPX Target FPX

TCP-FormattedData

Outgoing TCP-Formatted Data(to next device)

ReconfigurationBitstream

Field ProgrammableGate Array

Programmer

TCPSplitter

IP WrapperFrame WrapperCell Wrapper