LIP6 1997/032
- Thesis
Environnement logiciel d'un coprocesseur SIMD associatif et systolique microprogrammable - L. Winckel
- 230 pages - 12/15/1997- document en - http://www.lip6.fr/lip6/reports/1997/lip6.1997.032.ps.tar.gz - 827 Ko
- Contact : laurent.winckel (at) nullsophia.europe.vlsi.COM
- Ancien Thème : ASIM
- Keywords : Associativity, Compilation, Microprogramming, Parallel architecture, Parallel language, Rapid-2, SIMD coprocessor, Simulation, Systolic
- Publisher : Francois.Dromard (at) nulllip6.fr
The research for high computing power at low cost has driven to complex parallel machine. For the genomic research application, the Rapid team has defined a more simple parallel architecture that constitutes a low cost programmable add-in board for PC.
The programming of this board requires to develop an application program for the host machine and a micro-software for the board. These two programs need to communicate one with the other. For an easy development of the program and the microprogram, we have specified a high level parallel language that allows the co-development of both application parts. The compiler generates automatically the corresponding code and micro-code, and theirs interactions.
The compiler realisation then leads us to define evolutions of both the architecture and the language to allow a more efficient compilation.
The programming of this board requires to develop an application program for the host machine and a micro-software for the board. These two programs need to communicate one with the other. For an easy development of the program and the microprogram, we have specified a high level parallel language that allows the co-development of both application parts. The compiler generates automatically the corresponding code and micro-code, and theirs interactions.
The compiler realisation then leads us to define evolutions of both the architecture and the language to allow a more efficient compilation.