Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!necntc!wem From: wem@necntc.UUCP (Bill Meshach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Who makes array processors for AT ( or XT, PC) ?? Message-ID: <585@necntc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 00:03:57 EST Article-I.D.: necntc.585 Posted: Thu Jan 1 00:03:57 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Jan-87 03:52:33 EST References: <1949@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <465@entropy.ms.washington.edu> Organization: NEC Electronics Inc. Natick, MA 01760 Lines: 24 Keywords: array processors Summary: There's a Data Flow Processor available. If you want a "canned" array processor, this is not for you. But, if you want a powerful fixed point processor that you can program yourself, read on. It's a bit unconventional, but there's a very powerful board available from: Data Flow Imaging, Inc. 42 Charles St. Suite 2-C Westwood, N.J. 07675 (201) 666-7970 This board plugs into a PC, XT, or AT. It uses four uPD7281 Data Flow Processors. If you can use 17 bit (16 bit magnitude plus sign) fixed point math, and you can pipeline your algorithms, you should take a look. You can use floating point routines, but the hardware is fixed point. This thing will do a 16 X 16 matrix times another 16 X 16 matrix in about 3.8 milliseconds (17 bit fixed point numbers) -- not bad for under $1,000. The Data Flow Architecture is real neat!