Flexible Query Processor on FPGAs

Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate Flexible Query Processor (FQP), an online reconfigurable event stream query processor. FQP is an FPGA-based query processor that supports select, project and join queries over event streams at line rate. While processing incoming events, FQP can accept new query expressions, a key distinguishing characteristic from related approaches employing FPGAs for acceleration. Our solution aims to address performance limitations experienced with general purpose processors needing to operate at line rate and lack of on the fly reconfigurability with custom designed hardware solutions on FPGAs.