Title :
RAMP: Research Accelerator for Multiple Processors
Author :
Wawrzynek, John ; Patterson, David ; Oskin, Mark ; Lu, Shih-Lien ; Kozyrakis, Christoforos ; Hoe, James C. ; Chiou, Derek ; Asanovic, Krste
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Berkeley
Abstract :
The RAMP project´s goal is to enable the intensive, multidisciplinary innovation that the computing industry will need to tackle the problems of parallel processing. RAMP itself is an open-source, community-developed, FPGA-based emulator of parallel architectures. its design framework lets a large, collaborative community develop and contribute reusable, composable design modules. three complete designs - for transactional memory, distributed systems, and distributed-shared memory - demonstrate the platform´s potential.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; multiprocessing systems; parallel processing; public domain software; FPGA-based emulator; RAMP; distributed systems; distributed-shared memory; multiple processors; open-source emulator; paralle lprocessing; parallel architecture; research accelerator; transactional memory; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Concurrent computing; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Microprocessors; Open source software; Parallel architectures; Parallel processing; Technological innovation; distributed systems; distributed-shared memory; emulation; field-programmable gate arrays; hardware-software codesign; integration; modeling of computer architecture; parallel architectures; transactional memory;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
