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SAMP: A General Purpose Processor Based on a Self-Timed VLIW Structure

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Part of the book series: Informatik-Fachberichte ((INFORMATIK,volume 168))

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A high-performance, general purpose processor has been designed, using various technology independent methods to improve performance. Its structure offers a large degree of parallelism and is adjusted to the application. A novel control unit, which asynchronously controls instruction execution by tokens, allows the evaluation of very complex expressions without any reference to clock cycles. The main memory communicates via 4 ports with the processor and avoids a bottleneck in accessing data. The processor performance is measured and compared with several commercial systems.

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  1. Institut für Informatik und Praktische Mathematik, Universität Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40–60, D-2300, Kiel, W. Germany

    Lothar Nowak

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  1. Mathematik-Informatik (FB 17), Universität-Gesamthochschule Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, 4790, Paderborn, Deutschland

    U. Kastens  & F. J. Rammig  & 

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Nowak, L. (1988). SAMP: A General Purpose Processor Based on a Self-Timed VLIW Structure. In: Kastens, U., Rammig, F.J. (eds) Architektur und Betrieb von Rechensystemen. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 168. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73451-9_28

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