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POPULATION COUNTER GENERATOR FOR FPGAS
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Release date: June 27th, 2011
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Description
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FPGA_MaxPars_Gen is part of a package called FPGA_MaxPars that provides an
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open-source VHDL implementation of a reconfigurable architecture for the
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phylogenetic parsimony kernel.
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The software tool FPGA_MaxPars_Gen allows for easy expansion of the size of the architecture in terms of parallel processing
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units.
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Furthermore, it can also generate a population counter with user-defined size and latency in VHDL.
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Additional infromation for the FGA_MaxPars_Gen software and the population counter component can be found in:
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N. Alachiotis, A. Stamatakis: "FPGA Acceleration of the Phylogenetic Parsimony Kernel?", FPL 2011, Chania, Greece, September 2011.
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Verification Details
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The development board HTG-V5-PCIE by HiTech Global populated with a V5SX95T-1 FPGA was used to verify the correct behavior of the population counter.
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Authors and Contact Details
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Nikos Alachiotis n.alachiotis@gmail.com
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Alexandros Stamatakis alexandros.stamatakis@h-its.org
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Scientific Computing Group (Exelixis Lab)
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Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS gGmbH)
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Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35
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D-69118 Heidelberg
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Germany
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Copyright
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This component is free. In case you use it for any purpose, particularly
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when publishing work relying on this component you must cite it as:
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N. Alachiotis, A. Stamatakis: "FPGA Acceleration of the Phylogenetic Parsimony Kernel?", FPL 2011, Chania, Greece, September 2011.
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You can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This component is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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The population counter (POPCOUNT.vhd) generated by FPGA_MaxPars_Gen can be used under the GNU LGPL license.
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Release Notes
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Release date: June 27th, 2011
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