A modular massively parallel computing approach to image-related processing

Author

Krikelis, Anargyros ; Lea, R. Mike

Author_Institution

Aspex Microsystems Ltd., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK

Volume

84

Issue

7

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

988

Lastpage

1004

Abstract

A modular massively parallel computing (Modular-MPC) philosophy to image-related processing is discussed in this paper The approach is based on application-specific configurations of generic fine-grain Single Instruction stream operating on Multiple Data (SIMD) streams massively parallel computing modules to achieve high performance and maximal flexibility and programmability while remaining cost-effective. The need for a software architecture to allow programming such systems is highlighted and the implementations on current Modular-MPC systems are described. The experience with ASTRA, a Modular-MPC testbed system, in image related application development and system performance has led to a technology road-map using VLSI, MCM, and monolithic WSI technologies aiming at `future proofing´ of the Modular-MPC concept and systems achieving T (10¹²) operations per second performance. This experience and progress are discussed together with the implementation of three image-related processing applications

Keywords

VLSI; digital signal processing chips; image processing; multichip modules; parallel algorithms; parallel architectures; parallel programming; software engineering; ASTRA; MCM technology; SIMD; VLSI technology; application-specific configurations; image-related processing; modular massively parallel computing; monolithic WSI technology; programming; software architecture; Application software; Image processing; Image recognition; Missiles; Parallel processing; Pattern recognition; Pixel; Software architecture; Streaming media; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.503299

Filename

503299