VLSI Design and Adaptive Computing Research Initiative

―For the Review Paper―

Abstract

In computing system environments that realize advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT, remarkably high computing power is required. To achieve this requirement, reconfigurable (adaptive) devices such as FPGAs are becoming attractive. The Adaptive Computing Research Initiative (ACRi) aims to develop high-performance adaptive computing systems to develop an FPGA design platform. The initiative is working on research themes such as the development of FPGA accelerators to speed up AI processing, the development of FPGA accelerators and FPGA systems for IoT, and the development of an FPGA design platform. In addition, as an outreach activity for research results and the typical FPGA development environment, the initiative is working on a project to popularize FPGA-related technologies, including the systems that have been developed. In this article, we will explain the above efforts and the way to utilize adaptive devices in VLSI design.