This project aims to use Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) to implement various types of IR Algorithms for environmentally friendly search and data processing. FPGAs    are energy efficient processors consuming up to a tenth of standard processors, with the added capability that instructions on the FPGA can be performed in parallel. This means that the code may  run orders of magnitude faster. So not only could 10-100 standard processors be replaced by one FPGA saving a lot of space, it would also consume 100-1000 times less energy. To develop the algorithms for the FPGA processor this project is using Mitrion-C from Mitrionics to rapidly develop and deploy code on the FPGAs.

This project is being performed in conjunction with Dr. Wim Vanderbauwhede and is being undertaken with partners from Matrixware, Mitrionics, the IRF and the European Patent Office and is funded by Matrixware.