Title :
Synthesis of dedicated SIMD processors
Author :
Auguin, M. ; Boéri, F. ; Carrière, C. ; Ménez, G.
Author_Institution :
CNRS, Univ. de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
Abstract :
In this paper, a synthesis method of dedicated architectures is introduced. Its aim is to produce optimized systems derived from the algorithmic expression of a numerical application. The approach addresses the design of dedicated systems for applications that require high numerical computations. An efficient utilization of hardware resources is achieved through the use of vector processing with an SIMD implementation. The synthesis algorithm realizes simultaneously the design of SIMD structures and the generation of the microcode needed for implementing a software pipelining of operation of the input program
Keywords :
parallel architectures; pipeline processing; vector processor systems; algorithmic expression; dedicated SIMD processors; dedicated architectures; hardware resources; microcode; numerical computations; software pipelining; vector processing; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Computer architecture; Costs; Hardware; Pipeline processing; Signal synthesis; Software algorithms; Space exploration;
Conference_Titel :
Application-Specific Array Processors, 1993. Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3492-8
DOI :
10.1109/ASAP.1993.397163