COMMUNICATION STACK FOR SOFTWARE-HARDWARE CO-EXECUTION ON HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING SYSTEMS WITH PROCESSORS AND RECONFIGURABLE LOGIC (FPGAs)

A method for a communication stack for software-hardware co-execution on heterogeneous computing systems with processors and reconfigurable logic, comprising:

• generating a hardware user code corresponding to a task to be relocated to the reconfigurable logic;
• instantiating a crossbar operable to function as a platform independent communication layer, the crossbar instantiated with associated parameters comprising one or more routes and associated data widths;
• connecting the hardware user code to the crossbar and assigning a unique virtual route in the crossbar to the hardware user code, wherein communication to the hardware user code is performed via the unique virtual route;
• instantiating a physical interface interfacing to the reconfigurable logic;
• and
• instantiating a physical interface bridge to connect to the crossbar and the physical interface, the physical interface bridge connecting the crossbar and the physical interface via a platform specific translation layer specific to the reconfigurable logic.