The Design of SIMD Controllers for a Polymorphous Multimedia Processor

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10.2991/icmt-13.2013.44How to use a DOI?

Keywords

polymorphous array processor·array machine·SIMD controller·data level parallel

Abstract

The design and implementation of a SIMD controller for a polymorphous array processor is presented in the paper. The polymorphous array processor is intended for graphics and multimedia applications. To meet the needs for efficient data level parallel computation, we use the state machine approach to design the row, column, and cluster controllers. A row controller dispatches SIMD instructions to processing elements; a column controller performs data and program loading as well as remote data access. The polymorphous machine employs two computation modes, the SIMD mode and the MIMD mode. The controllers are mainly used for SIMD mode of computation. A dedicated hardware circuit design improves the ability to handle parallel data of the processor.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Pu Lin
AU  - Li Tao
AU  - Yi Xueyuan
AU  - Han Jungang
PY  - 2013/11
DA  - 2013/11
TI  - The Design of SIMD Controllers for a Polymorphous Multimedia Processor
BT  - Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Multimedia Technology(ICMT-13)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 359
EP  - 366
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmt-13.2013.44
DO  - 10.2991/icmt-13.2013.44
ID  - Lin2013/11
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