Parallel processor/memory circuit
US4709327A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 1983 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/8023
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A parallel processing circuit is disclosed for use as the processor/memory in a highly parallel processor. The circuit comprises an instruction decoder that generates tables of outputs in response to instructions received at the decoder and a plurality of processor/memories each of which comprises a read/write memory and a processor for producing an output depending at least in part on data read from the memory and instruction information received at the instruction decoder. In addition, the circuit provides means for simultaneously addressing at least one cell in each read/write memory to write data thereto or read data therefrom and means for providing to each processor an output table from the decoder, the particular output table depending on instruction information received at the decoder. Further the processing circuit comprises means for selecting from the output table a particular output depending on data input to the processor. Advantageously, each processor/memory also comprises a flag controller for controlling the reading of a plurality of flags and means for simultaneously addressing each flag controller to read a flag for input into the processor associated therewith. …
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