TY - GEN
T1 - Reconfigurable pipeline systems
AU - Irwin, Mary Jane
PY - 1978/12/4
Y1 - 1978/12/4
N2 - Systems with pipeline processing capabilities, processors whose computational subsystems are divided into several distinct stages, each of which may be working with an independent set of data at the same instant of time, are one attractive solution to the demand for faster and more cost effective computers. In addition, several of the existing pipelined machines have facilities for a limited amount of restructuring of available resources to provide a system which is more suitable for the efficient execution of a particular problem. The amount of restructuring, or reconfiguration, varies from system to system. The type of reconfiguration, either a reconfiguration of an actual functional unit or a reconfiguration of the information flow between several functional units, varies as well. The reconfigurable aspects of the architecture of several pipelined machines are presented. Performance gains when restructuring is allowed are also examined. Finally, there is a discussion of some possible future reconfigurable pipeline systems.
AB - Systems with pipeline processing capabilities, processors whose computational subsystems are divided into several distinct stages, each of which may be working with an independent set of data at the same instant of time, are one attractive solution to the demand for faster and more cost effective computers. In addition, several of the existing pipelined machines have facilities for a limited amount of restructuring of available resources to provide a system which is more suitable for the efficient execution of a particular problem. The amount of restructuring, or reconfiguration, varies from system to system. The type of reconfiguration, either a reconfiguration of an actual functional unit or a reconfiguration of the information flow between several functional units, varies as well. The reconfigurable aspects of the architecture of several pipelined machines are presented. Performance gains when restructuring is allowed are also examined. Finally, there is a discussion of some possible future reconfigurable pipeline systems.
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U2 - 10.1145/800127.804073
DO - 10.1145/800127.804073
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0018155644
SN - 0897910001
SN - 9780897910002
T3 - Proceedings of the 1978 Annual Conference, ACM 1978
SP - 86
EP - 92
BT - Proceedings of the 1978 Annual Conference, ACM 1978
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 1978 ACM Annual Conference, ACM 1978
Y2 - 4 December 1978 through 6 December 1978
ER -