An Approach to Scientific Array Processing: The Architectural Design of the AP-120B/FPS-164 Family

In 1975, Floating Point Systems introduced the AP-120B, the initial member of its array processor family. George O'Leary, vice president of engineering, and I codesigned the architecture. A major inspiration was an integer array processor designed and implemented by Glen Culler of Culler Harris...

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Published in:Computer (Long Beach, Calif.) Calif.), 1981-09, Vol.14 (9), p.18-27
Main Author: Charlesworth, A.E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Array signal processing
Computer architecture
Computer interfaces
Convolution
Costs
Floating-point arithmetic
Kernel
Process design
Scientific computing
Signal processing algorithms
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Summary:In 1975, Floating Point Systems introduced the AP-120B, the initial member of its array processor family. George O'Leary, vice president of engineering, and I codesigned the architecture. A major inspiration was an integer array processor designed and implemented by Glen Culler of Culler Harrison, Inc. The AP-120B and two later models, the AP-190L and FPS-100, have been used primarily in signal processing. In 1980, the FPS-164 was introduced to extend our AP architecture into largescale scientific computing. This article centers on design trade-offs and the use of internal architecture in our APs, features that determine how fast they can perform useful arithmetic. External architecture issues, such as the best way to interface an AP to a host computer, are outside the present scope of this discussion.
ISSN:0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI:10.1109/C-M.1981.220595