2D-VLIW: An Architecture Based on the Geometry of Computation

This work proposes a new architecture and execution model called 2D-VLIW. This architecture adopts an execution model based on large pieces of computation running over a matrix of functional units connected by a set of local register spread across the matrix. Experiments using the Mediabench and SPECint00 programs and the Trimaran compiler show performance gains ranging from 5% to 63%, when comparing our proposal to an EPIC architecture with the same number of registers and functional units. We also show that the g721−enc program running on a 2D-VLIW 3×3 matrix

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ASAP
• Authors: Ricardo Santos, Rodolfo Azevedo, Guido Araujo
• Keywords: 2D-VLIW 3×3 Matrix, ASAP 2006, Distributed And Parallel Computing, Execution Model, Functional Units