Hybrid FPGA-accelerated SQL query processing

Ibex [1] is a novel database storage engine featuring hybrid, FPGA-accelerated query processing. The first prototype of Ibex has been implemented within the open-source MySQL database. In Ibex, an FPGA is inserted into the data path between disk and CPU to act as a query off-loading engine, operating on the stream of data towards the query processor. As a result, the volume of data hitting the CPU is substantially reduced, thereby decreasing energy consumption while increasing performance at the same time.