2026 FCCM Competition

FCCM 2026 Competition

Reconfigurable Computing Challenge
(RCC 2026)

November 1, 2025 (Registration Deadline)
April 1, 2026 (Submission Deadline)

PREVIEW ONLY, may be modified at any time.

The Reconfigurable Computing Challenge (RCC) at FCCM 2026 invites researchers, students, and developers to design and demonstrate innovative self-defined projects on FPGA, AI Engines (AIE), or Neural Processing Unit (NPU) architectures. This is your chance to showcase cutting-edge work in hardware acceleration to the FCCM community and AMD engineers.

Scope and Suggested Topics

Projects may explore any application domain, as long as they run on an eligible architecture. Possible topics include but not limited to:

  • Small-scale LLM deployment
  • Accelerators for science applications and scientific computing
  • Sparse matrix multiplication (SpMM)
  • Custom accelerator designs
  • Showcase of LLM for HLS code generation or optimization

We will also release a few real-world problems that you may choose to tackle.

Eligibility

  • Open to all FCCM 2026 attendees (students, researchers, industry engineers, independent developers)
  • Your design must run primarily on FPGA, AIE, or NPU platforms, not solely on CPUs or GPUs.
  • Submissions must be original and unpublished; previously published or existing designs are not eligible.

Submission Requirements

  1. Project Description (max 2 pages): title, team info, hardware/tools used, problem description, approach, novelty
  2. Demonstration Video (max 10 min): must show project running on target hardware with clear explanation
  3. Optional Supporting Materials: code, design files, benchmarks, LLM prompts

Publication Option for Finalists

Finalist teams will have the option to include a short 4-page paper in the official IEEE FCCM 2026 proceedings, summarizing their project. This is optional and intended to give visibility to the work within the archival record of the conference.

Judging Criterials

  • Technical merit (40%)
  • Innovation (30%)
  • Practical impact (20%)
  • Clarity of presentation (10%)
  • Finalists must present and demo in person at FCCM 2026 to qualify for awards

Important Dates (Tentative)

Registration DeadlineNovember 1, 2025
Submission DeadlineApril 1, 2026
Finalist NotificationApril 20, 2026
On-site Demo & PresentationMay 13 – 14, 2026
Award CeremonyMay 15, 2026

Rules & Policies

  • Original work only;  new contributions required
  • AMD-supported FPGA, AIE, or NPU platforms only
  • Any AMD or open-source toolchains allowed
  • Confidential details may be withheld from public release but must be shared with judges
  • All participants must follow FCCM’s professional conduct policy
  • Finalists must attend in person for demo; remote demos not eligible for awards

Awards

1st Place$1,500
2nd Place$1,000
3rd Place$500
All WinnersOfficial Certificates of Recognition