GFLOPS computer: An image processing parallel architecture

The real-time Image and signal processing applications, such as — vision, image synthesis, HDTV, signal processing, neural networks, require both computing and input/output power. The GFLOPS project is dedicated to the study of all the aspects concerning the design of such computers. Its aim is to develop a parallel architecture as well as its software environment to implement those applications efficiently. The proposed architecture supports up to 512 processor nodes, connected over a scalable and cost-effective network at a constant cost per node. GFLOPS-2 is a single-user machine which is designed to be used as a low-cost parallel co-processor board in a desk-top work station.