Accession Number:

ADA056070

Title:

Harp: A Low-Cost 25 MIPS Digital Processor

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Kriz, Stan
• Reddy, Raj
• Rosen, Brian
• Rubin, Steven
• Saunders, Steve

Report Date:

1978-02-25

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

Harp is an ultra-high performance processor motivated by the low- level processing requirements of machine perception tasks. It is designed for extreme speed, low cost, easy producibility, simplicity of structure and programming, and complete diagnosability. This paper discusses the design philosophy, architecture, instruction set, and performance of Harp.

Descriptors:

• *ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• *COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
• *PROCESSING
• DIGITAL SYSTEMS
• FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS
• MACHINE CODING
• SPEECH
• VISUAL PERCEPTION

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Computer Hardware

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE