KressArray
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The KressArray is the reconfigurable version of the super systolic array. More information about the background may be obtained from the articles about Systolic array, Reconfigurable Computing, Configware Compiler, super systolic array and Configware/Software Co-Compiler.
The super systolic array is a generalization of the systolic array. Because of the classical synthesis methods (algebraic, i. e. projection-based synthesis), yielding only uniform DPU arrays permitting only linear pipes, systolic arrays could be used only to implement applications with regular data dependencies. By using simulated annealing instead, Rainer Kress came up with the super systolic array, a generalization of the systolic array not being restricted to regular data dependencies.
Because of the wide applicability of the super systolic array its reconfigurability makes sense: the Kress Array, having been pioneered by Rainer Kress for reconfigurable computing.
