The 'evolvable motherboard' : a test platform for the research of intrinsic hardware evolution /
Layzell, Paul.
Brighton [East Sussex] : University of Sussex at Brighton,
[1998].
Abstract: "The study of intrinsic hardware evolution relies heavily on commercial FPGA devices which can be configured in real time.  Use of these devices presents certain drawbacks to the researcher desirous of studying the fundamentals of hardware evolution, since he has no conrol over the architecture or type of basic configurable element.  Furthermore, analysis is difficult as only a small region of FPGAs is accessible to test equipment.  After discussing current issues arising in evolvable hardware, this paper presents a test platform designed specifically for research into intrinsic hardware evolution, together with experimental results exemplifying its use."
"January 1998."
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract: "The study of intrinsic hardware evolution relies heavily on commercial FPGA devices which can be configured in real time.  Use of these devices presents certain drawbacks to the researcher desirous of studying the fundamentals of hardware evolution, since he has no conrol over the architecture or type of basic configurable element.  Furthermore, analysis is difficult as only a small region of FPGAs is accessible to test equipment.  After discussing current issues arising in evolvable hardware, this paper presents a test platform designed specifically for research into intrinsic hardware evolution, together with experimental results exemplifying its use."
Computers.
Motherboards (Microcomputers)
Evolutionary algorithms.
Field programmable gate arrays.