NML(ID:7784/)

for Native Mapping Language
References:
  • M.A. Syed and T. Helfers, E. Schueler "XPP ? Reconfigurable Processor Technology for Space Applications" view details Abstract: This abstract presents the eXtreme Processing Platform (XPP), a new runtime
    reconfigurable data processing technology developed by PACT GmbH. The technology
    promises to provide high flexible payloads in future telecommunication satellites and
    with a short time to market.
    An ESA study entitled ?XPP Applicability Study? has already been carried out to prove
    the competitiveness of the XPP architecture compared with the IP for similar
    architectures being offered on the world market and the possibilities to transfer the XPP
    architecture into a radiation tolerant semiconductor technology.
    Another ESA study entitled ?IOFC Implementation Study? was carried to study the
    implementation of ATM to MPEG formatting function on the XPP. This study also
    evaluated the ASIC, FPGA and XPP architectures for the implementation.
    This abstract gives an overview of the XPP core architecture and also the programming
    basics of the array and also deals with the possible space applications of such a
    technology. Extract: Programmability/Tools
    Programmability/Tools
    Programs are intuitively formulated as flow graphs and these graphs can then be directly
    mapped into the array of PAEs. The Native Mapping Language NML a proprietary
    structural language with reconfiguration primitives is used. PAE objects are explicitly
    allocated, optionally placed, and their connections specified. The XDS (XPP
    Development Suite) is a development suite of software tools for the programming and
    simulation of the XPP cores.