Associative Processor Application Study. Volume I. Summary

Abstract

This report describes work performed in support of an associative processor application study. A GAC STARAN-1000 associative processor (AP) was used to evaluate the capability of a parallel computer architecture to satisfy real time, command and control data processing requirements of the USAF. The passive tracking, radar data correlator and coordinate conversion functions of the AWACS were selected for use in the study. The passive tracking function was designed and implemented on the AP. The performance of the parallel program was compared against that of the sequential version which was measured on an IBM 360/65 computer. The parallel passive tracking program used floating point arithmetic. The coordinate conversion function was also designed and implemented in fixed point arithmetic on the AP. The performance of the parallel program was measured. The radar data correlator function design for AP implementation used a new concept in radar signal processing. No performance data was collected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADB015924

Entities

People

  • Frederick Schenfele
  • Gordon Thomas
  • Hsiung-fei Lee
  • Robert Katz
  • Thomas Fisher

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Command And Control
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Digital Data
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Instructions
  • Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Passive Tracking
  • Processing Equipment
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control