VLSI accelerators for large database systems

Author

Lee, Kuo Chu ; Hickey, Takako Matoba ; Mak, Victor W. ; Herman, Gary E.

Author_Institution

Bellcore, Morristown, NJ, USA

Volume

11

Issue

6

fYear

1991

Firstpage

8

Lastpage

20

Abstract

An experimental VLSI accelerator research prototype designed and fabricated for relational data filtering is described. It performs high-speed associative search and aggregation operations for formatted databases. For unformatted databases, an experimental fast string search VLSI accelerator that provides a few orders-of-magnitude improvement in text search speed has been developed. The VLSI accelerators have precise instruction sets and hardware interfaces that facilitate their integration into general-purpose computer systems and dedicated systems. Application of the accelerators to both general-purpose and dedicated computer systems is discussed. Related work is examined.<>

Keywords

VLSI; microprocessor chips; reduced instruction set computing; relational databases; special purpose computers; VLSI accelerators; aggregation operations; associative search; dedicated computer systems; formatted databases; general purpose computers; hardware interfaces; instruction sets; large database systems; relational data filtering; string search; text search; unformatted databases; Application software; Computer aided instruction; Computer interfaces; Database systems; Filtering; Hardware; Instruction sets; Prototypes; Relational databases; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/40.108569

Filename

108569