The Pringle Parallel Computer.

Abstract

The Pringle is a 64 processor MIMD computer with a 64 M (8 bit) instructions per second execution rate. The Pringle runs programs written for the Configurable, Highly Parallel (CHiP) Computer. That is, the Pringle executes the 64 separate instruction streams as well as the interconnection (phase) stream that configures the lattice of 64 processor CHiP computer. But the Pringle is not a CHiP. It gives the illusion of the CHiP machine's conflict-free, point-to-point communication using a 64 Mbit internal polled bus. In addition to describing the design goals and the Pringle architecture, this paper identifies two problems common to novel architecture implementation projects, the wisdom of experience problem and the single instance problem, and explains how these were addressed for the Pringle. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA140852

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  • A. A. Kapauau
  • D. B. Gannon
  • J. T. Field
  • L. Snyder

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  • Purdue University

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