1. Introduction. - 1 Introduction. - 2 FPGA. - 3 Interconnect Architecture. - 4 Logic Block Architecture. - 5 Programming Technology. - 6 Computation Model. - 7 Fpga as a Performance Accelerator. - 8 Research Projects. - 9 FPGA and Energy Consumption. - 10 Conclusion. - 2. Power Dissipation in FPGAS. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Technology and Power. - 3 Impact of Power Dissipation. - 4 Components of Power. - 5 Clock Energy. - 6 Conclusion. - 3. Exploration Environment. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Related Research. - 3 Evaluation Flow. - 4 Mapping. - 5 Architecture Representation. - 6 Placement. - 7 Routing. - 8 Extraction. - 9 Conclusion. - 4. Logic and Interconnect Architecture. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Related Research. - 3 Energy-Delay Components. - 4 Architectural Components. - 5 Logic Block. - 6 Goal of Interconnect Optimization. - 7 Interconnect Architecture. - 8 Conclusion. - 5. Circuit Techniques. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Related Work. - 3 Energy-Delay Design Space. - 4 Low-Swing Signaling. - 5 Low-Swing Circuit. - 6 Clock Distribution. - 7 Conclusion. - 6. Configuration Energy. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Configuration Cost. - 3 Configuration Techniques. - 4 Shift Register Versus Random Access. - 5 Configuration Energy Components. - 6 Methods to Reduce Configuration Energy. - 7 Conclusion. - 7. Hardware Implementation. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Logic Block. - 3 Interconnect. - 4 Tile Layout. - 5 Configuration Architecture. - 6 Final Layout. - 7 Fpga as an Embedded Unit. - 8 Conclusion. - 8. Results. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Measurement Setup. - 3 Measurement Strategy. - 4 Measured Data. - 5 Conclusion. - 9. Conclusion. - 1 FPGA: The Evolution. - 2 Energy Efficiency. - 3 This Work. - 4 Looking Ahead. Language: English