Abstract: A data conversion apparatus for converting circuit description related to a dynamically-reconfigurable circuit to circuit configuration information, the data conversion apparatus includes a first generation section that generates a data flow graph from the circuit description; a segment count determining section that determines a number of segments for segmenting the data flow graph generated by the first generation section; a virtual circuit creating section that creates a virtual circuit that has as many resources of the dynamically-reconfigurable circuit as the number of the resources multiplied by the number of segments determined by the segment count determining section; a second generation section that generates, from the circuit description, a data flow graph corresponding to the virtual circuit created by the virtual circuit creating section; and a conversion section that allocates and adjusts the resources of the virtual circuit in accordance with the data flow graph.

Abstract: A dynamic reconfiguration supporting method that generates a driver function to cause a dynamic reconfiguration circuit to execute a program of an application described in a predetermined language, includes acquiring a configuration defining file representing a configuration of a cluster of the dynamic reconfiguration circuit in execution of the process of the application, generating an address map representing an address of a processing element (to be referred to as “PE” hereinafter) in the cluster on the basis of the configuration defining file acquired by the acquiring operation, generating a driver function that associates the function and an address of the PE which executes the function with reference to the address map, when a PE which executes a function described in the application is allocated from the PE, and creating a driver function file that stores the driver function.

Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program for designing a dynamic reconfigurable circuit in which a plurality of circuit configurations are implemented with a single circuit, the computer program enabling a computer to execute: acquiring a plurality of contexts having connection information between operation devices and network modules, wherein the operation devices and network modules are disposed in clusters, and connection information among the network modules; calculating a cluster count of the clusters and an operation device count for each operation device type of the operation devices in each cluster based on the acquired plurality of contexts; generating a circuit configuration for each context in which disposition of the operation devices in each cluster and connection of the network modules are made to satisfy the calculated cluster count and operation device count; and outputting the generated circuit configuration.

Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program for designing a dynamic reconfigurable circuit in which a plurality of circuit configurations are implemented with a single circuit, the computer program enabling a computer to execute: acquiring a plurality of contexts having connection information between operation devices and network modules, wherein the operation devices and network modules are disposed in clusters, and connection information among the network modules; calculating a cluster count of the clusters and an operation device count for each operation device type of the operation devices in each cluster based on the acquired plurality of contexts; generating a circuit configuration for each context in which disposition of the operation devices in each cluster and connection of the network modules are made to satisfy the calculated cluster count and operation device count; and outputting the generated circuit configuration.

Abstract: A data conversion apparatus for converting circuit description related to a dynamically-reconfigurable circuit to circuit configuration information, the data conversion apparatus includes a first generation section that generates a data flow graph from the circuit description; a segment count determining section that determines a number of segments for segmenting the data flow graph generated by the first generation section; a virtual circuit creating section that creates a virtual circuit that has as many resources of the dynamically-reconfigurable circuit as the number of the resources multiplied by the number of segments determined by the segment count determining section; a second generation section that generates, from the circuit description, a data flow graph corresponding to the virtual circuit created by the virtual circuit creating section; and a conversion section that allocates and adjusts the resources of the virtual circuit in accordance with the data flow graph.

Abstract: A dynamic reconfiguration supporting method that generates a driver function to cause a dynamic reconfiguration circuit to execute a program of an application described in a predetermined language, includes acquiring a configuration defining file representing a configuration of a cluster of the dynamic reconfiguration circuit in execution of the process of the application, generating an address map representing an address of a processing element (to be referred to as “PE” hereinafter) in the cluster on the basis of the configuration defining file acquired by the acquiring operation, generating a driver function that associates the function and an address of the PE which executes the function with reference to the address map, when a PE which executes a function described in the application is allocated from the PE, and creating a driver function file that stores the driver function.