C-Language Techniques for FPGA Acceleration of Embedded Software

Recent advances in FPGAs have made hardware-accelerated computing a reality for many application domains, including image processing, digital signal processing, data security and communications. Until recently, such platforms required detailed hardware design expertise on the part of the application developer. More recently, software-to-hardware tools have emerged that allow application developers to describe and generate complete software/hardware systems using higher-level languages. This paper presents specific techniques for creating FPGA-accelerated applications using the C language.