Comprehensive evaluation of a two-dimensional configurable array

Author

Menzilcioglu, O. ; Kung, H.T. ; Song, S.W.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

21-23 June 1989

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

100

Abstract

An evaluation is presented of a highly configurable architecture for two-dimensional arrays of powerful processors. The evaluation is based on an array of Warp cells and uses real application programs. The evaluation covers the areas of configurability, array survivability, and performance degradation. The software and algorithms developed for the evaluation are also discussed. The results based on simulations of small and medium size arrays (up to 16*16) show that a high degree of configurability and array survivability can be achieved with little impact on program performance.<>

Keywords

fault tolerant computing; parallel architectures; performance evaluation; 2D processor-array; Warp cells; array survivability; configurability; configurable architecture; performance degradation; reconfigurable arrays; two-dimensional arrays; two-dimensional configurable array; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer science; Degradation; Fabrication; Manufacturing processes; Programmable logic arrays; Software algorithms; Switches; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fault-Tolerant Computing, 1989. FTCS-19. Digest of Papers., Nineteenth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1959-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FTCS.1989.105549

Filename

105549