The CC/IPP, an MIMD-SIMD architecture for image processing and pattern recognition

Abstract

This paper describes the design of a heterogeneous system for high speed image processing, bused on commodity components. The architecture is build around MIMD processor boards linked by a high speed network. SIMD boards can be connected to MIMD nodes through the PCI bus. This paper describes the system, a framework to use this heterogeneous system as a single entity, and the work in progress on the creation of a homogeneous programming model for fast application building. To show the validity of the concept, the puper concludes with a perJ?ormance analysis of a VLSI mask inspection application for an MIMD system with d without attached SIMD system.

Array control for high-performance SIMD systems

“…SIMD arrays retain their niche in vision (see CAMP '97 [34] and CAMP '00 [8], e.g. [2,5,9,10,13,15,16,27,29]) and graphics (e.g. the PixelFusion graphics engine [31]).…”