Configurable hardware: Two case studies of micro-grain computation

Abstract This paper describes a new VLSI architecture—Configurable Array Logic (CAL) which, at its lowest level, can be programmed electrically to implement any circuit composed of logic gates. At higher levels the technology provides a medium for the direct implementation of algorithms. It particul...
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Abstract This paper describes a new VLSI architecture—Configurable Array Logic (CAL) which, at its lowest level, can be programmed electrically to implement any circuit composed of logic gates. At higher levels the technology provides a medium for the direct implementation of algorithms. It particularly addresses systolic and cellular automaton algorithms where the basic computational elements perform computations unsuited to conventional processors. Ausführliche Beschreibung