Application-specific processor for piecewise linear functions computation

This paper presents an application specific processor architecture for the calculation of simplicial piecewise linear functions of up to six dimensions with 24-bit wide input words. The architecture, in particular registers and bus connections, is specifically designed for the task of simplicial pie...

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Autores: Rodríguez, Agustín Antonio, Lifschitz, Omar D., Jimeínez Fernández, Víctor Manuel, Julian, Pedro Marcelo, Agamennoni, Osvaldo Enrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/150504
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/150504
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:APPLICATION SPECIFIC
FUNCTION EVALUATION
MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE
PIECEWISE LINEAR
VLSI
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Sumario:This paper presents an application specific processor architecture for the calculation of simplicial piecewise linear functions of up to six dimensions with 24-bit wide input words. The architecture, in particular registers and bus connections, is specifically designed for the task of simplicial piecewise linear computation. The parameters of the function are stored in an external 16 MB RAM memory. A proof-of-concept integrated circuit (that achieved first silicon success) was fabricated through MOSIS in a 4 mm × 4 mm 0.5 μm standard CMOS process using an automated design flow based on Synopsys and Cadence tools and the OSU standard cell library.