A new form of parallelism, distributed bit-parallelism, is introduced. A distributed bit-parallel organization distributes each bit of a data item to a different processor. Bit-parallelism allows computation that is sub-linear with word size for such operations as integer addition, arithmetic shifts, and data moves. The implications of bit-parallelism for system architecture are analyzed. An implementation of a bit-parallel architecture based on a mesh with bypass network is presented. The performance of bit-parallel algorithms on this architecture is analyzed and found to be several times faster than bit-serial algorithms. The application of the architecture to low level vision algorithms is discussed. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/29462 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Bolotski, Michael |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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