Computer Architectures, Algorithms, and Models/Simulations

Dominion Technology proposes to reformulate common digital signal processing algorithms in a form particularly well suited to implementation using a reconfigurable computer based on Field Programmable Gate Arrays. Such techniques offer improvements in throughput of an order of magnitude or more compared to conventional algorithms implemented on programmable DSP chips as software. Dominion further proposes to formulate a design methodology that allows the designer to implement complex signal processing systems using these techniques without requiring any knowledge of the underlying hardware. Software design tools based on these methods would revolutionize DSP hardware design and greatly shorten design cycles.