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The Computer Architecture Group at the University of Heidelberg has the expertise to design complex hardware/software systems. As system architects we cover not only the operation principles but include the technology and the software to build real working prototypes. The group holds a profound expert knowledge in the area of design space analysis, hardware design of processors and devices, interconnection networks, and software driver development, especially for the construction of large computing clusters based on PC technology.All levels of system design are covered, starting at the application programming interface, e.g. MPI, through the efficient design of device drivers finishing at custom build hardware devices based on standard cells and FPGAs.
Goals of the applied research activities are to cover a broad range of methodologies for the design of complete high performance systems with the possibility to optimize every level and educate students on the various real world topics.
The group mainly focuses on the design of parallel architectures which achieve their high performance by improving communication between computational devices/units. Scaling such systems is a great challenge to the architecture of the interconnection network (IN) and the network interface controller (NIC). Special attention is paid on the interface between software and hardware to setup communication instructions.
Research Projects
HyperTransport Center of ExcellenceTM
The HyperTransport Center of Excellence embraces our activities and research projects around the HyperTransport interconnect protocoll.EXTOLL - Extreme low latency Interconnect
HT3-Core - A high bandwidth low latency HyperTransport core for FPGA and ASIC designs
HyperTransport 1/2/3 Verification Environment - An OVM based verification and BFM for HyperTransport enabled devices
HTX-Board - A universal HTX test platform
HTX3-Board - An extremely high bandwidth HyperTransport3 platform (Altera / Xilinx)
HD-AOC - High Density Active Optical Cable
Cadence Academic Network
FSMDesigner 4
Past Research Projects
Lectures
SS 12
Digital Semi Custom Design Flow
Functional Verification
High Performance Interconnects
Entrepreneurship
Seminar Hardwareentwurf u. Optik
WS 11/12Functional Verification
High Performance Interconnects
Entrepreneurship
Seminar Hardwareentwurf u. Optik
Contact
Universität Heidelberg
LS Rechnerarchitektur
Prof. Dr. U. Brüning
B6, 26, Building B (3rd floor)
68131 Mannheim
Fon: +49 (0) 621 - 181 2723
Fax: +49 (0) 621 - 181 2713
Email: ulrich.bruening {at} ziti.uni-heidelberg.de
LS Rechnerarchitektur
Prof. Dr. U. Brüning
B6, 26, Building B (3rd floor)
68131 Mannheim
Fon: +49 (0) 621 - 181 2723
Fax: +49 (0) 621 - 181 2713
Email: ulrich.bruening {at} ziti.uni-heidelberg.de
Delivery Address
Universität Heidelberg
LS Rechnerarchitektur
Prof. Dr. U. Brüning
B6, 26, Building B (3rd floor)
68159 Mannheim
LS Rechnerarchitektur
Prof. Dr. U. Brüning
B6, 26, Building B (3rd floor)
68159 Mannheim
HT Center of Excellence
