caa a22 4500 465742459 CHVBK 20180323111811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00934998 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00934998 The 3-D Computer [Elektronische Daten] [M. Little, R. Etchells, J. Grinberg, S. Laub, J. Nash, M. Yung] The 3-D Computer [1]-[4] is a unique implementation of a cellular array processor. We have developed two radically new technologies which enable massive numbers of communication channels both between silicon wafers and through them. A parallel processor (single instruction-multiple data stream cellular array processor) has been designed and built to demonstrate the potential of this technological approach. While the 3-D Computer which has been built and operated in a small scale implementation relative to the long-term aims of this technology, it is nevertheless an extremely powerful computer. The current feasibility demonstration 3-D Computer is a 32×32 array of processors partitioned over five wafers stacked one on top of another. The throughput of this current machine is >600 million operations per second (MOPS) with a 10 MHz clock, while the projected throughput of a full scale machine is >100 billion operations per second (BOPS), again with a 10 MHz clock. The extension of the level of circuit integration beyond that of VLSI and WSI, which is made possible by the 3-D technologies of wafer feedthroughs and microbridges, enable us to achieve these enormous throughputs in a very compact form and at very low power. The small size and low power attributes of the 3-D Computer result from the elimination of the chip level and board level packaging and the intraboard wiring required by conventional levels of circuit integration. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Little M. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut Etchells R. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut Grinberg J. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut Laub S. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut Nash J. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut Yung M. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Springer Netherlands 2/2(1990-10-01), 79-87 0922-5773 2:2<79 1990 2 11265 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00934998 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00934998 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Little M. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Etchells R. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grinberg J. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Laub S. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nash J. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yung M. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, 90265, Malibu, California aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Springer Netherlands 2/2(1990-10-01), 79-87 0922-5773 2:2<79 1990 2 11265 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer