Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1979-05-21
1983-04-12
Thomas, James D.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
G06F 1516, G06F 15347
Patent
active
043800467
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for processing multidimensional data with strong spatial characteristics, such as raw image data, characterized by a large number of parallel data streams in an ordered array, comprises a large number (e.g. 16,384 in a 128.times.128 array) of parallel processing elements operating simultaneously and independently on single bit slices of a corresponding array of incoming data streams under control of a single set of instructions. Each of the processing elements comprises a bidirectional data bus in communication with a register for storing single bit slices together with a random access memory unit and associated circuitry, including a binary counter/shift register device, for performing logical and arithmetical computations on the bit slices, and an I/O unit for interfacing the bidirectional data bus with the data stream source. The massively parallel processor architecture enables very high speed processing of large amounts of ordered, parallel data, including spatial translation by shifting or "sliding" of bits vertically or horizontally to neighboring processing elements.
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Frosch Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Fung Lai-Wo
Eng David Y.
Manning John R.
Sandler Ronald F.
Thomas James D.
Tresansky John O.
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