Xputer

The Xputer is a design for a reconfigurable computer, proposed by computer scientist Reiner Hartenstein. Hartenstein uses various terms to describe the various innovations in the design, including config-ware, flow-ware, morph-ware, and "anti-machine".

The Xputer represents a move away from the traditional Von Neumann computer architecture, to a coarse-grained "soft Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)" architecture.[1] Parallelism is achieved by configurable elements known as reconfigurable datapath arrays (rDPA), organized in a two-dimensional array of ALU's similar to the KressArray.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b Field-Programmable Logic: Architectures, Synthesis and Applications, Reiner W. Hartenstein, Springer Science & Business Media, 24-Aug-1994
  2. ^ Compilation Techniques for Reconfigurable Architectures, Springer Science & Business Media, 02-Apr-2011
  3. ^ Designing Embedded Processors: A Low Power Perspective, Springer Science & Business Media, 27-Jul-2007