• DocumentCode
    1271474
  • Title

    PACE: a regular array for implementing regularly and irregularly structured algorithms

  • Author

    Spray, A. ; Jones, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Newcastle Univ., NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    138
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    10/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    613
  • Lastpage
    619
  • Abstract
    The programmable adaptive computing engine (PACE), a medium-grained cellular automaton-based architecture supporting regularly and irregularly structured functions within a regularly structured array, is introduced. The PACE philosophy is described in detail. Its flexibility is demonstrated through the embedment of three irregularly structured algorithms within the PACE environment. Some results obtained from an investigation into processor granularity are presented to assess the size and performance of the PACE family of processors
  • Keywords
    VLSI; parallel processing; systolic arrays; PACE family of processors; PACE philosophy; cellular automaton-based architecture; irregularly structured algorithms; irregularly structured functions; medium-grained; performance; processor granularity; programmable adaptive computing engine; regularly structured array;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits, Devices and Systems, IEE Proceedings G
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0956-3768
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    99510