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CoBEA: Framework for Evolving Hardware by Direct Manipulation of FPGA Bitstreams

Publication: GECCO '22 Companion — Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, pp. 112–115, ACM, 2022
Date: July 2022

Abstract

This paper presents CoBEA, a framework for evolving hardware designs through direct manipulation of FPGA bitstreams. The work represents an independent effort to perform bitstream-level evolution on modern FPGAs, complementing the Bitstream Evolution project's approach. CoBEA provides tools for genetic manipulation of circuit configurations at the bitstream level, enabling intrinsic evolutionary experiments.

Suggested Citation

Hoffmann, J., Fritzsch, C., & Bogdan, M. (2022). CoBEA: framework for evolving hardware by direct manipulation of FPGA bitstreams. In: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO '22 Companion), pp. 112–115. ACM.

Authors

  • Jörn Hoffmann (Leipzig University)
  • Clemens Fritzsch (Leipzig University)
  • Martin Bogdan (Leipzig University)