Title :
Space-cube: a flexible computer architecture based on stacked modules
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a flexible, computer architecture based on stacked interchangeable modules. The architecture is ideally suited to implementation using stacked multichip modules (MCMs). The architecture, by making use of all sides of a module stack, allows simple, single bussed modules, together with a gate-way module, to be easily configured into a variety of more complicated architectures
Keywords :
multichip modules; multiprocessor interconnection networks; reconfigurable architectures; system buses; MCM; computer architecture; dual processor; gate-way module; interconnect ring; module stack; single bussed modules; single processor; space cube architecture; stacked interchangeable modules; stacked multichip modules; Backplanes; Computer architecture; Costs; Electronics packaging; Laboratories; Multichip modules; Propulsion; Scalability; Shape; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Multi-Chip Module Conference, 1996. MCMC-96, Proceedings., 1996 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Cruz, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7286-2
DOI :
10.1109/MCMC.1996.510763
