Reconfigurable Computer Origins: The UCLA Fixed-Plus-Variable (F+V) Structure Computer

Gerald Estrin and his group at the University of California at Los Angeles did the earliest work on reconfigurable computer architectures. The early research, described here, provides pointers to work on models and tools for reconfigurable systems design and analysis.

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