Accelerating non-numerical processing by an extended vector processor

Author

Torii, Shunichi ; Kojima, Keiji ; Kanada, Yasusi ; Sakata, Akiharu ; Yoshizumi, Seiichi ; Takahashi, Masami

Author_Institution

Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1988

fDate

1-5 Feb 1988

Firstpage

194

Lastpage

201

Abstract

The problems of utilizing an extended vector processor called IDP (Integrated Database Processor) for nonnumerical processing are discussed. IDP has highly pipelined merge and search vector facilities in addition to conventional vector facilities. This extended vector processor can be utilized not only for primitive relational operations but also for the following applications: (1) complex relational query using multiple indexes; (2) multiway merge/sort utility, and (3) generation and test processing. Vectorization methods and performance improvements are described and analyzed

Keywords

parallel processing; relational databases; Integrated Database Processor; complex relational query; extended vector processor; multiple indexes; multiway merge/sort utility; nonnumerical processing; performance improvements; relational operations; test processing; Acceleration; Application software; Computer architecture; Data structures; Hardware; High performance computing; Process design; Relational databases; Supercomputers; Vector processors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Data Engineering, 1988. Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0827-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDE.1988.105461

Filename

105461