Managing accelerators in application-specific integrated circuits

A method for managing accelerators, the method comprising:

• deploying a plurality of accelerators in a plurality of programmable devices;
• monitoring usage of the plurality of accelerators by at least one computer program and generating from the monitored usage a historical log, wherein the historical log comprises a list of computer programs and when each computer program called each of the plurality of accelerators;
• and
• determining from the historical log which of the plurality of accelerators to implement on a first application-specific integrated circuit based on at least one threshold.

A method for managing accelerators, the method comprising:

• providing a first application-specific integrated circuit that implements a first of a plurality of accelerators and provides a first plurality of accelerator images corresponding to a first plurality of accelerators other than the first accelerator;
• providing a second application-specific integrated circuit that implements a second of the plurality of accelerators and provides a second plurality of accelerator images corresponding to a second plurality of accelerators other than the first and second accelerators;
• registering accelerator characteristics for implemented accelerators and for provided accelerator images on each of the first and second application-specific integrated circuits;
• determining based on the registered accelerator characteristics when the first application-specific integrated circuit or the second application-specific integrated circuit can provide a needed accelerator;
• when the first application-specific integrated circuit can provide the needed accelerator, directing a first on-chip accelerator manager on the first application-specific integrated circuit to provide the needed accelerator;
• and
• when the first application-specific integrated circuit cannot provide the needed accelerator but the second application-specific integrated circuit can provide the needed accelerator, directing a second on-chip accelerator manager on the second application-specific integrated circuit to provide the needed accelerator.