Parallel micros bypass failures

AbstractUK based picoChip Design's new PC101 is a huge parallel device integrating 430 16-bit processors on a single die. Resources are so abundant that they are expendable and the chip's internal bus fabric can bypass a few processors ruined in manufacture Designed for cellular-telephony and wireless-network base stations, the PC101 is the first execution of picoChip's picoArray architecture based on a three-field long instruction word (LIW), but with greater execution resources than other LIW or VLIW processors. PicoChip believes massive parallelism is the best approach for the compute-intensive tasks of wireless communications, because it can deliver high performance at low clock speeds, saving power. In addition, dividing a complex application into parallel tasks is well suited for large-team software development projects. TSMC is to manufacture the PC101 in a 0.13-micron, eight-layer-metal, digital CMOS process, packaged in a 528-pin BGA. Samples are available now. Volume production begins 1Q 2004.Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry new