Title :
Parallel ultra large scale engine SIMD architecture for real-time digital signal processing applications
Author :
Marriott, Paul ; Kraljic, Ivan C. ; Savaria, Yvon
Author_Institution :
MicroTech Microsyst. Inc., St. Laurent, Que., Canada
Abstract :
The instruction set and architecture of a SIMD processor optimized for real-time digital signal processing applications is presented. A novel structure allows computation and data I/O to be performed in parallel, provides interprocessor communications and enables the cascade of multiple chips without glue-logic to provide systems with large numbers of processors. Powerful processing elements and instruction set architecture allow complex real-time linear and non-linear algorithms to be coded. Dynamically reconfigurable systems can be also be built. A demonstrator chip was manufactured by ChipExpress. Benchmark comparisons and the methodology used to implement image processing applications on the PULSE, are also presented
Keywords :
image processing; parallel architectures; real-time systems; ChipExpress; SIMD architecture; architecture; instruction set; real-time digital signal processing; reconfigurable systems; ultra large scale engine; Application software; Computer architecture; Content addressable storage; Convolution; Digital signal processing; Ear; Engines; Hip; Image processing; Large-scale systems;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1998. ICCD '98. Proceedings. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9099-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICCD.1998.727093