Virtual Hardware

Hardware multitasking in computer systems based on partially reconfigurable FPGAS.

In the article the basic principles of hardware multitasking in the reconfigurable computer systems, based on partially reconfigurable FPGAs, are identified. The structure of the platform to implement hardware multitasking in partially reconfigurable FPGA is proposed. The concept of Virtual Hardware and the questions of the context switch and task relocation in partially reconfigurable FPGA are disclosed.