ABSTRACT

The reconfigurable computing is intended to fill the gap between the non-flexible but high speed application specific integrated circuits based technology and the mostflexible but slow speed general purpose processor based technology. The main idea behind the reconfigurable computing technology is to tightly glue the performance and flexibility aspects of the both existing technologies into one grain. This kind of tight coupling of both computing technologies on a single silicon chip requires new technological advancement in area of software engineering, computer science and computer engineering. This research paper is intended to present a comprehensive survey about the existing reconfigurable computing systems and their software and hardware level requirements for further enhancement of the existing technology barrier. Many new aspects of existing systems are required to be boosted up at the software and hardware level of such kind of advanced computing platforms to support the next generation computing demands.