The PIG paradigm: the design and use of a massively parallel fine grained self-reconfigurable infinitely scalable architecture

Author

Macias, Nicholas J.

Author_Institution

Salt Lake City, UT, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

180

Abstract

The requirements of a general purpose massively parallel processing system are outlined. The suitability of a fine-grained self-reconfigurable system to general massively parallel processing is shown. A new type of self-reconfigurable device called the PIG is introduced, and details of its design and operation are explained. The PIG´s uniqueness compared to other reconfigurable systems is discussed. This uniqueness is further illustrated through specific examples of PIG circuits. An application of the PIG to evolvable hardware is described. Further potential applications are discussed. Plans for future work, including options for building a large-scale PIG are discussed

Keywords

parallel architectures; reconfigurable architectures; software prototyping; PIG paradigm; evolvable hardware; fine grained self-reconfigurable infinitely scalable architecture; massively parallel architecture; Cities and towns; Communication system control; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Finite element methods; Hardware; Integrated circuit interconnections; Monitoring; Parallel processing; Pattern analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Evolvable Hardware, 1999. Proceedings of the First NASA/DoD Workshop on

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0256-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EH.1999.785450

Filename

785450