1995 IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Array Processors (ASAP'95)
An array processor for inner product computations using a Fermat number ALU
Strasbourg, France
July 24-July 26
ISBN: 0-8186-7109-2
W. Luo, VLSI Res. Group, Windsor Univ., Ont., Canada
N.M. Wigley, VLSI Res. Group, Windsor Univ., Ont., Canada
W.C. Miller, VLSI Res. Group, Windsor Univ., Ont., Canada
Z. Wang, VLSI Res. Group, Windsor Univ., Ont., Canada
This paper explores an architecture for parallel independent computations of inner products over the direct product ring /spl Rfr//sub 257/spl times/17/. The structure is based on the polynomial mapping of the Modulus Replication RNS for calculations over dynamic ranges much larger than the product of the computational moduli. We show that the computational ring is optimal for our purposes, and introduce basic cells for the efficient calculation of all elements of the polynomial ring computations.
Index Terms:
parallel architectures; residue number systems; inner product computations; Fermat number ALU; parallel independent computations; polynomial mapping; computational ring
Citation:
W. Luo, G.A. Jullien, N.M. Wigley, W.C. Miller, Z. Wang, "An array processor for inner product computations using a Fermat number ALU," asap, pp.270, 1995 IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Array Processors (ASAP'95), 1995