Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!sun-barr!olivea!orc!inews!iwarp.intel.com!csun!kithrup!sef From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: special purpose architectures (was Re: Computers for users not programmers) Message-ID: <1991Feb09.100907.17450@kithrup.COM> Date: 9 Feb 91 10:09:07 GMT References: <26337@dime.cs.umass.edu> <1991Feb9.015302.5003@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Lines: 22 In article <1991Feb9.015302.5003@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> msp33327@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael S. Pereckas) writes: >Sounds like a systolic array. Wasn't someone (Intel?) working on some >sort of spiffy programmable systolic array? "In essence, Splash is a programmable linear logic array that can be configured to suit the problem at hand; it bridges the gap between the traditional fixed-function VLSI systolic array and the more versatile programmable array." Not quote what you wanted, but close, I suspect. The quote above is taken from "Building and Using a Highly Parallel Programmable Logic Array," by Maya Gokhale et al, Supercomputing Research Center, and Daniel Lopresite, Brown University. I found it in the January 1991 issue of "Computer," which was "Experimental Research in Computer Architecture." (Actually, a friend was reading the article, which I'd only skimmed, and he ranted and raved about it for almost a week 8-).) -- Sean Eric Fagan | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; sef@kithrup.COM | I had a bellyache at the time." -----------------+ -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.