Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/FMPC.1995.380488
