Title :
Design of a Massively Parallel Processor
Author :
Batcher, Kenneth E.
Author_Institution :
Digital Technology Department, Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
Abstract :
The massively parallel processor (MPP) system is designed to process satellite imagery at high rates. A large number (16 384) of processing elements (PE´s) are configured in a square array. For optimum performance on operands of arbitrary length, processing is performed in a bit-serial manner. On 8-bit integer data, addition can occur at 6553 million operations per second (MOPS) and multiplication at 1861 MOPS. On 32-bit floating-point data, addition can occur at 430 MOPS and multiplication at 216 MOPS.
Keywords :
Array processing; bit-slice processing; computer architecture; image processing; parallel processing; satellite imagery; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Delay; H infinity control; Length measurement; Multiprocessing systems; Parallel processing; System performance; Traffic control; Upper bound; Array processing; bit-slice processing; computer architecture; image processing; parallel processing; satellite imagery;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TC.1980.1675684
