Synchronous Dataflow Architecture for Network Processors

  • Authors:
  • Jakob Carlstrom;Thomas Boden

  • Affiliations:
  • Xelerated;Xelerated

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Micro
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The packet instruction set computer (PISC) architecture is a synchronous dataflow architecture developed for network processors. It uses a deep pipeline that contains two types of processing elements: PISC processors, which perform programmable data manipulation, and I/O processors, which provide access to shared resources such as look-up table memory, hardware accelerators, or coprocessors.