Introducing MGAP-2 [Micro-Grain Array Processor]

Author

Fan Zhou ; Kelliher, Thomas P. ; Owens, Robert M. ; Irwin, Mary Jane

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

6-9 Feb 1995

Firstpage

281

Lastpage

288

Abstract

The Micro-Grain Array Processor (MGAP) is a family of two-dimensional, micro-grained array processors. The processor cell architecture is extremely compact and simple, ensuring fine grainness, a very high processor density, and programming flexibility. Flexibility is maintained through a programmable interconnect which clusters array cells into larger computational units. In this paper, we discuss the design and optimization issues of MGAP-2, both at the processor array and system levels. Various design strategies and tradeoffs are being investigated at both levels

Keywords

optimisation; parallel processing; programming; Micro-Grain Array Processor; processor cell architecture; programmable interconnect; programming flexibility; system levels; very high processor density; Buildings; Computer science; Design optimization; Educational institutions; Maintenance engineering; Mathematics; Nearest neighbor searches; Performance loss; Power system interconnection; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computation, 1995. Proceedings. Frontiers '95., Fifth Symposium on the

Conference_Location

McLean, VA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6965-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FMPC.1995.380488

Filename

380488