SmB café 13 sep '12 - Compaan Design

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THE PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTS “FROM APPLICATION TO ACCELERATED REALIZATION” Bart Kienhuis Compaan Design BV Netherlands [email protected]

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  • 1. Bart KienhuisCompaan Design [email protected] PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTSFROM APPLICATION TOACCELERATED REALIZATION

2. Compaan Design Provider of innovative services for accelerating execution of compute- intensive applications. Existing software is accelerated and integrated on specialized high-performance compute systems (FPGAs) Compaan Design delivers its customers a complete solution in hardware and software that differs in performance, quality, and time-to-market. 3. Landscape Telecom & BioinformaticsMedicalSignalSecurity NetworkingImagingProcessing Applications (Matlab/C/Java)Compute Compaan Compiler Time-to-Performance? Market? ComputerSystemMulticore GPUs FPGAsPerformance 1x100x 1000x 4. Building an FPGA: Logic First A 4-input lookup table [A,B,C, (LUT) can implement any D]4 function of 4 inputs. memory16 words x 1 bit For example, a 1-bit adderAddressF needs 2 LUTs:(ABCD)0001 1 F C0010 1 oA.B.Ci1010 01011 0 B AA B Ci S Ci 4 5. Arithmetic, Distributed RAM Cout 4 memory Carry M16 words x 1 bit M MFF MCE RST Make LUT RAM a user resource.Din Fast carry rippleWE to neighbor.Cin5 6. Add Interconnect4 4 Group logic cells to4 4 40reduce overhead.Add H, V routing4 44 4channels withswitchboxes. Add input, outputMUXing betweenlogic and routing.6 7. Build an Array 44 44 44 44 40 40 44 44 44 4444 4444 4440 4044 4444 447 8. FPGA 8 9. Medical Imaging : CT ScanTerra CottaBunnyX-ray computed tomography 10. Forward Projection Doing manySinograms, In Matlab,takes 30 hours In FPGA,takes 3 sec. Acceleration:36000xCompaan has realized this in one month! 11. Use Cases Healthcare CT Medical Imaging Medical magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) Communications Financial Service Industry Automotive Non-destructive Testing (NDT) 12. Technology Worked 5 years on developingtechnology in EU R&D projects Technology is mature enough to startservicing industrial customers Leaders in C-to-Dataflow conversion Unique IP development in softwareand hardware Broad applicability of technology 13. Compaan Design BV We help you to realize an acceleratedimplementation of your algorithm We help you to select the rightComputer System We develop the complete Hardwareand Software solution for yourproblem www.compaandesign.com