DisArray: A 16x16 RasterOp Processor
Abstract
RasterOp is a powerful primitive operation for raster graphics. To improve the execution rate of this operation, a machine with a set of 256 1-bit processors organised as a 16x16 array has been constructed. This machine has twodimensional bitmaps as its lowest-level data objects and consequently can manipulate them faster than a conventional (one-dimensional) Von-Neumann machine. Further work is outlined to improve the architecture still further and to integrate the array into a powerful single-user workstation.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {10.2312:eg.19831028,
booktitle = {Eurographics Conference Proceedings},
editor = {P.J.W. ten Hagen},
title = {{DisArray: A 16x16 RasterOp Processor}},
author = {Page, Ian},
year = {1983},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1017-4656},
DOI = {10.2312/eg.19831028}
}
booktitle = {Eurographics Conference Proceedings},
editor = {P.J.W. ten Hagen},
title = {{DisArray: A 16x16 RasterOp Processor}},
author = {Page, Ian},
year = {1983},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1017-4656},
DOI = {10.2312/eg.19831028}
}