Parallel Processing in Cellular Arrays

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Wiley, Jun 20, 1995 - Computers - 196 pages
Against an overview of the subject and a rigorous theoretical background, this book presents the author's approach to the organisation and implementation of massively parallel processing. Cellular arrays of a particular kind, called Distributed Functional structures (DF-structures), are introduced and described. DF-structures are related to content-addressed memories but are able to provide immediate realisation organ extensive nest of data-processing functions. They are specialised but economical, and they correspond well with the nature of the latest VLSI technology. This book discusses in detail the design and analysis of DF-structures. Numerous examples are given of how they can be applied to important numerical problems, non-numerical data processing and switching of data arrays. The author postulate that DF-structures could well constitute the basis of a new type of VLSI chip - the cellular microprocessor. In the final chapter the author's 'combined architecture' is compared with the newest conception of 'heterogeneous computing'.

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Parallel Computing
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Distributed
18
Functional Possibilities of Distributed Functional
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