Supercomputers and VLSI: The Effect of Large Scale Integration on Computer Architecture.

Abstract

The use of VLSI technology to build supercomputers is analyzed in depth. The benefits of VLSI are reviewed, and the liabilities are explored thoroughly. The perimeter problem and the planarity problem are identified as being critical limits on architectural design. The CHiP architecture, a highly parallel computer designed with VLSI implementation in mind, is scrutinized in terms of how well it exploits the benefit fo VLSI and how well it avoids the liabilities. Not surprisingly, it does pretty well. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145408

Entities

People

  • L. Snyder

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Information Systems
  • Large Scale Integration
  • Military Research
  • Parallel Computing
  • Supercomputers

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design