Publication detail

Evolvable hardware

SEKANINA, L.

Original Title

Evolvable hardware

Type

book chapter

Language

English

Original Abstract

This chapter surveys the field of evolvable hardware. After a brief overview of the reconfigurable devices used in evolvable hardware, elementary principles of evolvable hardware, corresponding terminology, and open problems in the field are introduced. Then, the chapter is divided into three main parts: extrinsic evolution, intrinsic evolution, and adaptive hardware. Extrinsic evolution (i.e., evolution using simulators) covers evolutionary design of digital circuits, analog circuits, antennas, optical systems, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Intrinsic evolution conducted in field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), field programmable transistor arrays (FPTAs), field programmable analog arrays (FPAAs), and some unconventional devices is discussed together with a description of the most successful applications. Examples of real-world adaptive hardware systems are also presented. Finally, an overview of major achievements and problems is given.

Keywords

evolvable hardware, evolutionary algorithm, electronic circuit, design, optimization

Authors

SEKANINA, L.

RIV year

2012

Released

3. 9. 2012

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Location

Berlin

ISBN

978-3-540-92909-3

Book

Handbook of Natural Computing

Pages from

1657

Pages to

1705

Pages count

49

BibTex

@inbook{BUT97019,
  author="Lukáš {Sekanina}",
  title="Evolvable hardware",
  booktitle="Handbook of Natural Computing",
  year="2012",
  publisher="Springer Verlag",
  address="Berlin",
  pages="1657--1705",
  doi="10.1007/978-3-540-92910-9",
  isbn="978-3-540-92909-3"
}