DOTTA: a dynamic VLIW like microprocessor framework for high speed parallel computing

Author

Hlophe, H.B. ; Chatelain, D. ; van Wyk, B.J.

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

17-17 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

557

Abstract

In this paper, a new microprocessor design framework, called DOTTA (dynamic operation transport triggered array) is introduced. An FPGA (field programmable gate array) implementation of DOTTA is presented. The aim of this new processor framework is to eliminate bottlenecks introduced by traditional microprocessor architectures. The framework defines a task-specific microprocessor that is application customisable on the target system it is operating on; this has been achieved by using Xilinxtrade FPGA fabric

Keywords

field programmable gate arrays; microprocessor chips; parallel architectures; pipeline processing; DOTTA; FPGA implementation; application customisable microprocessor; dynamic VLIW like microprocessor framework; dynamic instruction set computer; dynamic operation transport triggered array; high speed parallel computing; instruction level parallelism; pipelining; task-specific microprocessor; Application software; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Microprocessors; Parallel processing; Pipeline processing; Processor scheduling; VLIW;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON, 2004. 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa

Conference_Location

Gaborone

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8605-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRICON.2004.1406740

Filename

1406740