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From: Joachim Strömbergson<Joachim.Strombergson@I...>
Date: Wed Jul 14 14:42:36 CEST 2004
Subject: [oc] Parallel Array Processor Project
Aloha!markus@r... wrote:
> Recently, I started again thinking about massive-parallel processor,
> which I last time designed in early 90's. You can get more information
> from my web pages:
>
> http://reaaliaika.net/showarea.php/procmem
>
> Short description: It's a general purpose, programmable, fine-grained
> massive-parallel processors, it's basically, but not purely a DFM.
>
> Why to announce here? If you get interested about the idea, you could
> help me in many ways. First of all, I'm more a programmer than a CPU
> designer, so if you have any idea for my "Simple-Cell" or "Macro-Cell"
> design, I'd be pleased. Second, you could point my browser to projects
> somewhat similar to mine. And third, I'm of course very interested to
> get some feedback of my project.
One project you should check out is the Raw project. The Raw architecture is
very much what you have been thinking about: Lots of small processing elements
connected on-die. They have produced real chips and have done quite a lot of
work on the non-trivial aspect of programming the beast.
There are several other projects. There is at least one project at IMEC in
Leuwen that have produced a chip with a programmable (read: configurable)
processing array. MITs old Transit project should provide some interesting
pointers too. Patterssons iRAM-ideas too perhaps.
I took a look at your page, and unless I'm fooled by the PovRay-images, you
are thinking in terms if a 3D-array, no? If you are I think you should try to
keep that 3D-thingy shallow. Eveb though state of the art technologies
provides 10+ metal layers it still don't provide very much in terms of a third
connectivity dimension. And, besides the functionality is still implemented at
the bottom of the chip.
--
Med vänlig hälsning, Yours
Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.
VP, Research & Development
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