Architecture and Applications of a Unifield-Type Computer

The UNIFIELD is a unary-serial SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Datapath) architecture; the unique features of this architecture are the unary representation that allows simple arithmetic operations to be performed in the same registers in which the numbers are stored, and, a novel interconnection scheme that allows any number of predefined permutations to be performed with no penalty in time. This architecture is suitable primarily for image processing, but may lend itself to non-orthogonal lattice solution, sparse matrix operations, and even cryptography. The UNIFIELD I, an 8 x 8, 2-decimal digit prototype (with 4 two-dimensional registers or modules), having 16 permutations, has been implemented in the Information Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Computer Science of the University of Illinois.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Dollas, Apostolos

Contributors dc:contributor

• Poppelbaum, W.J.

• Computer Science

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8803022

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69579