We propose a reeonfigurable control-bit generation algorithm for rotation and sub-word rotation operations. The algorithm uses a self-routing characteristic to configure an inverse butterfly network. In addition to be...We propose a reeonfigurable control-bit generation algorithm for rotation and sub-word rotation operations. The algorithm uses a self-routing characteristic to configure an inverse butterfly network. In addition to being highly parallelized and inexpensive, the algorithm integrates the rotation-shift, bi-directional rotation-shift, and sub-word rotation-shift operations. To our best knowledge, this is the first scheme to accommodate a variety of rotation operations into the same architecture. We have developed the highly efficient reconfigurable rotation unit （HERRU） and synthesized it into the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation （SMIC）＇s 65-nm process. The results show that the overall efficiency （relative areaxrelative latency） of our HERRU is higher by at least 23% than that of other designs with similar functions. When executing the bi-directional rotation operations alone, HERRU occupies a significantly smaller area with a lower latency than previously proposed designs.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 61404175）
文摘We propose a reeonfigurable control-bit generation algorithm for rotation and sub-word rotation operations. The algorithm uses a self-routing characteristic to configure an inverse butterfly network. In addition to being highly parallelized and inexpensive, the algorithm integrates the rotation-shift, bi-directional rotation-shift, and sub-word rotation-shift operations. To our best knowledge, this is the first scheme to accommodate a variety of rotation operations into the same architecture. We have developed the highly efficient reconfigurable rotation unit （HERRU） and synthesized it into the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation （SMIC）＇s 65-nm process. The results show that the overall efficiency （relative areaxrelative latency） of our HERRU is higher by at least 23% than that of other designs with similar functions. When executing the bi-directional rotation operations alone, HERRU occupies a significantly smaller area with a lower latency than previously proposed designs.
