The 3DP: a processor architecture for three-dimensional applications

Author

Wang, Yulun ; Mangaser, Amante ; Srinivasan, Partha ; Jordan, Steve ; Butner, Steven

Author_Institution

Comput. Motion Inc., Goleta, CA, USA

Volume

25

Issue

1

fYear

1992

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

36

Abstract

The 3DP (3-Dimensional Processor), a parallel-computing architecture that targets problems that have a 3-D numerical structure and require numerous calculations on 3-D vectors, is described. The 3DP architecture differs from traditional scalar architectures in that it operates directly on vectors. It differs from general parallel architectures in that it can solve problems that predict the behavior of highly coupled systems, and it differs from vector architectures in that it runs efficiently on length-3 vectors. Object-oriented programming on the 3DP and programming the 3DP in C++ are discussed. 3DP performance is reviewed, and the current implementation of the 3DP architecture, as an attached processor that plugs directly into Sun host VMEbus, is described.<>

Keywords

parallel architectures; 3-D numerical structure; 3-Dimensional Processor; C++; Sun host VMEbus; highly coupled systems; object oriented programming; parallel-computing architecture; processor architecture; scalar architectures; three-dimensional applications; Aerospace simulation; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Digital signal processing; Hardware; Memory management; Object oriented modeling; Parallel processing; Pipelines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.108051

Filename

108051