An object-oriented interface in C++ to an associative processor

Author

Schulz, Mario ; Waldschmidt, Dr K.

Author_Institution

Frankfurt Univ., Germany

fYear

1992

fDate

4-8 May 1992

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

34

Abstract

A short summary is given of the associative processor AM/sup 3/ (Associative Microprogrammable Multipurpose Monoprocessor) introduced by M. Darianian et al. (1990). It features a combination of the conventional von Neumann instruction set with a set of associative instructions. A description of the AM/sup 3/ processor architecture and the associative part of the instruction set are outlined. Programming of the associative processor is considered. The associative instructions available have to be supported by a high-level-language interface. The application programmer accesses the hardware through associative objects, which can be manipulated by the standard operators of the language C++. The physical storage device is handled as a virtual associative storage to provide user-transparent administration.<>

Keywords

C language; content-addressable storage; instruction sets; object-oriented methods; parallel architectures; Associative Microprogrammable Multipurpose Monoprocessor; application programmer; associative instructions; associative processor; high-level-language interface; physical storage device; standard operators; virtual associative storage; von Neumann instruction set; Associative memory; Computer architecture; Content addressable storage; Data processing; Hardware; Parallel architectures; Programming profession; Prototypes; Registers; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

CompEuro '92 . 'Computer Systems and Software Engineering',Proceedings.

Conference_Location

The Hague, Netherlands

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2760-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPEUR.1992.218491

Filename

218491