CISE Research Instrumentation: Prototyping Equipment for Application Specific Architectures

CISE 研究仪器：针对特定应用架构的原型设计设备

• 批准号: 9617308
• 负责人: Mary Irwin
• 金额: $ 8.08万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-03-15 至 2001-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9617308&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CISE; Research; Instrumentation; Prototyping; Equipment

96-17308 Irwin, Mary Jane Owens, Robert M. Penn State University CISE Research Instrumentation: Prototyping Equipment for Application Specific Architectures This research instrumentation grant enables two distinct research projects: - Low Power, High Performance Architecture Design - Massively Parallel, Application Specific Hardware System Design The first project focuses on the design of low power, high performance hardware systems for use in mobile applications. This project includes the design of CAD tools which support the design of low power systems and the study of low power module and processor architecture alternatives. A subset of the designs will be selected for fabrication, using the requested chip fabrication expenses, and evaluation, using a subset of the prototyping support equipment, to validate simulated speed and power consumption measurements. The second project focuses on the design, implementation, and use of massively parallel, application specific hardware systems for signal and image processing applications. A specific example is the MGAP-2 which is a single board coprocessor containing 49,152 fine grain processors (on 32 custom VLSI chips). Experience with the MGAP family of architectures has provided insight into derivative architectures which hold a promise of improved performance, flexibility, and/or physical size. A subset of these derivative designs will be implemented using the requested chip fabrication expenses, prototyping support equipment, and hardware prototyping accessories to validate their benefits.

96-17308 Irwin、Mary Jane Owens、Robert M. 宾夕法尼亚州立大学 CISE 研究仪器：专用架构的原型设备 这项研究仪器拨款支持两个不同的研究项目： - 低功耗、高性能架构设计 - 大规模并行、专用硬件系统设计 第一个项目侧重于设计用于移动应用的低功耗、高性能硬件系统。 该项目包括支持低功耗系统设计的 CAD 工具设计以及低功耗模块和处理器架构替代方案的研究。 将使用所要求的芯片制造费用选择设计的子集进行制造，并使用原型支持设备的子集进行评估，以验证模拟的速度和功耗测量。 第二个项目侧重于信号和图像处理应用的大规模并行、专用硬件系统的设计、实现和使用。 一个具体的例子是 MGAP-2，它是一个单板协处理器，包含 49,152 个细粒度处理器（位于 32 个定制 VLSI 芯片上）。 MGAP 系列架构的经验提供了对衍生架构的深入了解，这些衍生架构有望提高性能、灵活性和/或物理尺寸。 这些衍生设计的一部分将使用所需的芯片制造费用、原型支持设备和硬件原型配件来实现，以验证其优势。