Synopses & Reviews
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications, FPL'99, held in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, in August 1999. The 33 revised full papers and the 32 posters presented in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a large number of submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on signal processing, CAD tools for dynamically reconfigurable logic, optimization studies, physical design, dynamically reconfigurable logic, design tools, reconfigurable computing, applications, novel architectures, and machine applications.
Synopsis
This book contains the papers presented at the 9th International Workshop on Field ProgrammableLogic and Applications (FPL'99), hosted by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, August 30 - September 1, 1999. FPL'99 is the ninth in the series of annual FPL workshops. The FPL'99 programme committee has been fortunate to have received a large number of high-quality papers addressing a wide range of topics. From these, 33 papers have been selected for presentation at the workshop and a further 32 papers have been accepted for the poster sessions. A total of 65 papers from 20 countries are included in this volume. FPL is a subject area that attracts researchers from both electronic engine- ing and computer science. Whether we are engaged in research into soft ha- ware or hard software seems to be primarily a question of perspective. What is unquestionable is that the interaction of groups of researchers from di?erent backgrounds results in stimulating and productive research. As we prepare for the new millennium, the premier European forum for - searchers in ?eld programmable logic remains the FPL workshop. Next year the FPL series of workshopswill celebrate its tenth anniversary.The contribution of so many overseas researchers has been a particularly attractive feature of these events, giving them a truly international perspective, while the informal and convivial atmosphere that pervades the workshops have been their hallmark. We look forward to preserving these features in the future while continuing to expand the size and quality of the events.