Selected Case Studies

Following the first chapter that presents the DataFlow computer architecture paradigms, this chapter sheds more light on DataFlow applications. There are a lot of publicly available research papers and other sources that portray how successful transfers of applications from control flow to DataFlow architectures can be in terms of speed, power consumption, and equipment size. At the beginning of this chapter, a novel classification of typical DataFlow applications is presented, which is in line with the most recent proposals of the European FP7/H2020 initiative. Then, some of most indicative papers are presented grouped according to described classification. The most representative single article from each available classification group is in detail described followed by other articles from the same group that are shortly introduced stating the topic, content, and acquired results (speedups, power reductions, other improvements, etc.).