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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Gerald G Pechanek, Cary, NC (US);
Larry D Larsen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Clair John Glossner, Durham, NC (US);
Stamatis Vassiliaadis, Zoetermeer, NL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A multi-processor array organization is dynamically configured by the inclusion of a configuration topology field in instructions broadcast to the processors in the array. Each of the processors in the array is capable of performing a customized data selection and storage, instruction execution, and result destination selection, by uniquely interpreting a broadcast instruction by using the identity of the processor executing the instruction. In this manner, processing elements in a large multi-processing array can be dynamically reconfigured and have their operations customized for each processor using broadcast instructions.