Welcome to OpenFPGA!
OpenFPGA comprises a consortium of organizations aiming to foster and accelerate the
incorporation of reconfigurable computing technology in high-performance and enterprise applications.
Organized as a non-profit entity, OpenPFGA is serving the worldwide community through the activities of
working groups, technology discussions, mailing lists and collaborative development of best practices and
industry standards in reconfigurable computing. An initiative which started in 2004, spearheaded with leadership
by an international cross-sector steering group and support of the University of Dayton, the consortium is shaping
the world of reconfigurable computing. Presently, through the mailing list, working groups and other avenues,
OpenFPGA includes participation from over 200 organizations spanning 40 countries worldwide.
A free email list service is provided by OpenFPGA and the associated OpenAccelerator inititative.
Click here to sign-up to be on the
FREE email list.
OpenFPGA Recognized as Charitable Organization
October 2009 OpenFPGA Inc. has been recognized by the US IRS as a 501c3 charitable organization for its work to promote standards among
reconfigurable computing. Contributions and donations to support OpenFPGA may now qualify as charitable contributions.
OpenFPGA Elects Board Members in Annual Election
July 2009 OpenFPGA held its annual elections during the Symposium on Accelerator Applications in High-Performance Computing
(SAAHPC) held at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. Elections confirmed the continued
leadership of Eric Stahlberg as President, Kevin Wohlever as Treasurer, Thomas Steinke as Academic at-large member,
and Malachy Devlin as Commercial at-large member. Results were announced at the annual meeting for OpenFPGA held during the symposium. OpenFPGA will hold its next elections in 2010.
OpenFPGA Announces Competition for Second Annual Standards Award
July 2009 OpenFPGA announced the competition for the second annual award for the 'advancement of
standards and interoperability in high-performance reconfigurable computing'. The award recognizes the efforts
of innovators internationally who are working to increase interoperability for reconfigurable computing
systems by developing, utilizing and demonstrating capabilities with existing, new and emerging standards. Last year's award
went to Manuel Saldana, Arun Patel, Christopher Madill, Daniel Nunes, Danyao Wang, Henry Styles, Andrew Putnam, and Paul Chow
from the University of Toronto for their use of MPI as an abstraction for software-hardware interaction in HPRCs. The award
was made at the 2008 High-Performance Reconfigurable Technology and Applications (HPRCTA) workshop held in conjunction with SC 2008.
The award for 2009 will be made at the HPRCTA workshop to be held in conjunction with SC2009 in Portland.
OpenFPGA General FPGA API Version 0.4 Released for Preliminary Comment
October 2008 The OpenFPGA GenAPI working group has created a draft General FPGA API for preliminary public comment.
The draft specification version 0.4, developed with significant vendor, community and member input,
provides a specification for a cross-vendor and generally portable API for incorporating FPGA technology in
end-user applications and libraries. Reviewed during the OpenFPGA Forum at the Reconfigurable Systems
Summer Institute held July 7-9, 2008 at NCSA, the draft specification delivers a base set of functionality
for accelerating applications with FPGA technologies. Comment is sought to guide final refinement of the
specification prior to ratification by OpenFPGA members. The entire draft document may be downloaded at the
Standards Updates section of the OpenFPGA website.
Be sure to visit the Standards Updates
section for the latest developments.
OpenFPGA Establishes Reconfigurable Computing Validation Resource
May 2008 OpenFPGA, SRC Computers and the University of Dayton together have established a shared resource for
development and validation of reconfigurable computing applications. Located at the University of Dayton,
the new laboratory provides access to the latest SRC technology, the SRC-7, for OpenFPGA members developing
applications for reconfigurable computing systems. With support from IDCAST, the center for Integrated
Development and Comercialization of Advance Sensor Technology, the facility is rapidly becoming a community
asset for development of standards compliant reconfigurable computing applications. Interested parties should
contact Bill Turri at the University of Dayton for more details.
Read the whole article in the news below.
Next OpenFPGA Members Roundtable Conference Call
October 27, 2009 at 11:00 AM EDT - Discussion on new working groups, CHREC projects, HPRCTA and SC09