Reconfigurable computer architecture for use in signal processin

Details Reconfigurable computer architecture for use in signal processin Reconfigurable computer architecture for use in signal processin

1996-05-28

1998-07-21

Donaghue, Larry D.

39580023, 39580022, 39580043, 395376, G06F 1500

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ABSTRACT:
An architecture for information processing devices which allows the construction of low cost, high performance systems for specialized computing applications involving sensor data processing. The reconfigurable processor architecture of the invention uses a programmable logic structure called an Adaptive Logic Processor (ALP). This structure is similar to an extendible field programmable gate array (FPGA) and is optimized for the implementation of program specific pipeline functions, where the function may be changed any number of times during the progress of a computation. A Reconfigurable Pipeline Instruction Control (RPIC) unit is used for loading the pipeline functions into the ALP during the configuration process and coordinating the operations of the ALP with other information processing structures, such as memory, I/O devices, and arithmetic processing units. Multiple components having the reconfigurable architecture of the present invention may be combined to produce high performance parallel processing systems based on the Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) architecture concept.

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