NAROUTO: An open-source framework for supporting architecture-level exploration at heterogeneous FPGAS

A novel framework for supporting architecture-level exploration for heterogeneous FPGA devices is introduced. This framework, named NAROUTO, is based on open-source tools in order to support further extensions and improvements. As compared to previous works, the introduced framework provides higher flexibility for application implementation, while it can also evaluate power/energy consumption. Experimental results prove that NAROUTO leads to significant area, power (about 82%) and performance (about 46%) improvements, as compared to existing solutions.