PASM: A Partitionable Multimicrocomputer SIMD/MIMD System for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition.

Abstract

PASM, a Large-scale multimicroprocessor system being designed at Purdue University for image processing and pattern recognition, is described. This system can be dynamically reconfigured to operate as one or more independent SIMD and/or MIMD machines. PASM consists of a Parallel Computation Unit, which contains N processors, N memories, and an interconnection network; Q Micro Controllers, each of which controls N/Q processors; N/Q parallel secondary storage devices; a distributed Memory Management System; and a System Control Unit, to coordinate the other system components. Possible values for N and Q are 1024 and 16, respectively. The control schemes, interprocessor communications, and memory management in PASM are explored. Examples of how PASM can be used to perform image processing tasks are given. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA077522

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  • Frederick Kemmerer
  • Harold E. Smalley Jr
  • Howard Jay Siegel
  • Leah J. Siegel
  • Philip T. Mueller Jr.

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  • University of Michigan

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  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
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  • Data Storage Systems
  • Data Transmission
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Image Processing
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Microprocessors
  • Operating Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Processing Equipment

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

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  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems