Session:

TUT - Tutorials

Title:

Evolvable Hardware Applications

Authors:

Tetsuya Higuchi

Abstract:

Evolvable hardware (EHW) has attracted increasing attention since the early 1990's with the advent of easily reconfigurable hardware, such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGA's). It promises to provide an entirely new approach to complex electronic circuit design and new adaptive control. However, there are still many fundamental issues in EHW that remain open. This paper reviews the current status of EHW, descusses the promises and indicates the challenges we must meet in order to develop practical and larage-scale EHW.