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Some problems of exploiting a pipeline processor (revised)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7204123
A number of ways in which the design of the AP-120B processor is unbalanced against fixed-point operations are displayed. The full power of its floating-point processing cannot be realized in contexts in which many vectors need to be handled together. This implies that the power/cost ratio of the machine is less favorable than it could have been. Bottlenecks in the highways of the machine are also displayed that worsen the situation.
Research Organization:
Cambridge Univ. (UK). Dept. of Engineering
OSTI ID:
7204123
Report Number(s):
PB-86-245685/XAB; CUED-F-CAMS-TR-240-REV
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English