A Triplet-based Computer Architecture Supporting Parallel Object Computing

Author

Shi, Feng ; Ji, Weixing ; Qiao, Baojun ; Liu, Bin ; Haroon-ul-Rashid

Author_Institution

Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing

fYear

2007

fDate

9-11 July 2007

Firstpage

192

Lastpage

197

Abstract

A real scalable triplet-based computer architecture TriBA is proposed in this paper. TriBA is an object-oriented chip multi-processor that supports truly parallel execution of objects from hardware. Cores on the same chip are connected via triplet-based hierarchical interconnection network (THIN), which has simple topology and computing locality characteristic. A distributed deterministic routing algorithm (DDRA) is elaborated, already proposed for THIN. Runtime objects are mapped to processor cores according to their coupling degree which can also transfer to idle cores if needed. TriBA achieves the unification of software architecture and computer, and also relieves the burden of parallel programming.

Keywords

parallel architectures; parallel programming; distributed deterministic routing algorithm; object-oriented chip multiprocessor; parallel object computing; parallel programming; triplet-based computer architecture; triplet-based hierarchical interconnection network; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Hardware; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Network topology; Parallel programming; Routing; Runtime; Software architecture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors, 2007. ASAP. IEEE International Conf. on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

ISSN

2160-0511

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1026-2

Electronic_ISBN

2160-0511

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASAP.2007.4429979

Filename

4429979