Imaging in a Multi-Operand Associative Processor

先前的研究已经定义了一种使用新型VLSI联想存储器的新联想处理系统。该系统是一个具有多操作数处理能力的关联并行处理器单元，它表现为一个动态可重构的关联处理器阵列，这些关联处理器对不相交的数据集使用不同的操作数执行相同的功能。为此提出的体系结构构建了一个模拟器。该项目侧重于探索和评估映射到该架构上的图像处理中不同的重要算法。这些模拟研究的结果有望帮助改进体系结构，从而使最终设计演变为能够解决广泛而重要的问题的完全并行联想计算机。提出了一种新的体系结构。在这个时间点上，对架构的深入研究，包括对映射到这个架构上的重要算法的评估，将增强我们对这个新架构的重要性的理解。

Prior research has resulted in the definition of a new associative processing system using a novel VLSI associative memory. The system, an associative parallel processor unit with multi-operand processing capability, behaves as a dynamically reconfigurable array of associative processors all performing the same function with different operands on disjoint data sets. A simulator for this proposed architecture has been built. This project focuses on the exploration and evaluation of different algorithms of importance in image processing mapped onto this architecture. The results of these simulation studies are expected to aid in the refinement of the architecture such that the resulting design will evolve into a fully parallel associative computer capable of solving a wide and important class of problems. A novel architecture is proposed. At this point in time an in-depth study of the architecture including the evaluation of important algorithms mapped onto this architecture will enhance our understanding of the significance of this new architecture.