X4CP32: a new parallel/reconfigurable general-purpose processor

• R. Soares UFRN
• A. Azevedo UFRN
• I. S. Silva UFRN

Resumo

The X4CP32 is a parallel/reconfigurable microprocessor with 2 programming levels. Although it is a general-purpose microprocessor, it has the reliable performance of a reconfigurable architecture. We expose its architecture and programming levels, and discuss the powerful interaction between parallel programming and reconfiguration. It shows two performance-optimized implementations of matrix multiplication using both parallel and reconfigurable paradigms and a parallel implementation of miner intelligent agents.

Palavras-chave: Computer architecture, High performance computing, Communication system control, Access protocols, Communication channels, Parallel programming, Parallel processing, Process control, Routing, Buildings