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Research Group
Embedded Systems

Since their introduction in the early 1980s, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) evolved from implementing small glue-logic designs to large, configurable multi-processor System-on-Chips (SoC), building "innovative platforms for electronic-based systems". Today, FPGA and SoC-FPGA technology is used in an increasing number of application domains, such as the telecom industry, the automotive or consumer electronics sector. Recent market studies expect a continuous demand for these sophisticated microelectronic components in the next years. For SME-dominated countries like Austria, FPGAs can provide access to VLSI technology by avoiding the immense NRE costs of ASICs.

Starting from the existing expertise and due to the rapidly increasing technological progress, the Research Group Embedded Systems at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien aims to widen FPGA know-how and competences in the Josef Ressel Centre INES (Innovative Platforms for Electronic-based Systems) where research topics related to FPGAs (Design Space Exploration, Hardware/Software Co-design, High-Level Synthesis, High-Performance Computing, Fault-Tolerant Design ...) will be investigated in several application fields and in cooperation with three industry partners. In terms of a second research dimension, additional knowledge and competences shall be gained in the application areas In-Vehicle Communication, Electronic Toll Collection and High-Accuracy Clock Synchronization.

Findings and project results will be disseminated to academia, the industry and the FPGA community in general by scientific publications, workshops and other events. The cooperation with the related R&D project FPGA 4.0 shall further boost the activities of our research group in the area of FPGA design. Finally, the INES centre can contribute to recent Austrian activities like Silicon Austria or Silicon Alps in a non-overlapping but thematically related field. By the Josef Ressel Centre INES the overall mission is to position the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien as a lighthouse and strong Austrian player in the area of FPGA design.