Recon?gurable computing (RC) systems have generated considerable interest in the embedded and
high-performance computing communities over the past two decades with ?eld programmable gate
arrays (FPGAs) as the leading techn- ogy at the helm of innovation in this discipline.
Achieving orders of magnitude performance and power improvements using FPGAs over traditional
microp- cessorsis not uncommon for well-suitedapplications. But even with two decades of
research and technological advances FPGA design still presents a subst- tial challenge and
often necessitates hardware design expertise to exploit its true potential. Although the
challenges to address the design productivity - sues are steep the promise and the potential
of the RC technology in terms of performance power size and versatility continue to attract
application design engineers and RC researchers alike. The International Symposium on Applied
Recon?gurable Computing (ARC) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners of RC
systems with an emphasis on practical applications and design methodologies of this promising
technology. This year's ARC symposium (The sixth ARC symposium) was held in Bangkok Thailand
during March 17-19 2010 and attracted papers in three primary focus areas:RC applications RC
architectures and RC design meth- ologies.
