A Single Chip Solution for Distributed Processing Systems

摘要

This paper describes a processor and an inter-processor communications interface integrated on a single chip for use in a distributed processing system. The system is based on work of the electronic systems design and parallel processing group at the Nottingham Trent University. The four main elements of the chip design are processor, memory, communication interface and packet routing switch all integrated unto one chip. This design is achieved by the use of the ALTERA ARM based Excalibur system on a programmable chip (SOPC) containing an embedded processor and programmable logic. The paper describes the communication features and implementation carried out by the research group to achieve this single chip processor.