Warp Architecture and Implementation

Abstract

A high-performance systolic army computer called Warp has been designed and mnsuucted. The machine ha a synolic prry of 10 or more llncarly connected cells, each of which is a proptammable processor capable of performing 10 million floating-point operations per second (10 IMFLGPS). A lb-cell machine therefore ha a peak performance of 100 MFIBPS. Warp is integrated into a UNIX host system. Program development is supported by a compiler. llie fmt 10-d machine became operational in 1986. Low-level vision processing for robot vehicles is one of the first applicatiotts of the machino This paper dcacribes the architecture and implementation of the Warp machine. and justiile-s and evaluates some of the amhita? anal features with systan, software and applimtion considaathn.