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Reconfigurable Hyper-Structures for Intrinsic Digital Circuit Evolution

Authors:
Spyros Kazarlis
John Kalomiros
Vassilios Kalaitzis
Dimitrios Bogas
Paris Mastorokostas
Anastasios Balouktsis
Vassilios Petridis

Keywords: Evolvable Hardware; intrinsic evolution; reconfigurable hardware; Cartesian structures;

Abstract:
A workbench for intrinsic evolution of digital circuits is presented, based on a Cartesian Genetic Programming algorithm running on a personal computer and a reconfigurable platform suitable for run-time reconfiguration. Two types of Cartesian cell structures are proposed, based on a cylindrical interconnection grid. In addition to a feed-forward network, the cylindrical grid can allow feedback loops as well. The proposed structures are combined with dedicated communication and control logic, producing automatically a fitness result for each circuit configuration. The proposed system is tested with known digital circuits and evaluated in terms of resource usage and configuration speed.

Pages: 31 to 36

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: August 23, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-426X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-430-5

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from August 23, 2015 to August 28, 2015