New Method for Flexible Mesh Architecture Parallel Processing with TMS320C6000

This paper suggests the design and discusses the performance of a new method for mesh architecture multiprocessing using TMS320C6000 family of DSP processors. The system is flexible, multi-dimensional and scalable. Using the designed processing element (PE), the user can build up his suitable n-dimensional architecture in order to match the topology with his desired signal processing algorithm data flow. The communication rate for each element is 400Mbytes/sec. This high rate is an important factor for parallel processing. An FPGA with onchip RAM is used in each processing element to enhance the communication performance of each PE with other PEs. It multiplies the communication ports number in the PE for multi-dimensional parallel processing, implements a FIFO to decouple the DSP from the com. port data source to minimize the data transfer overhead and is also used as programmable logic. Totally, the high performance of the C6000 processors, the flexibility and highly scalability of the architecture and high data transfer rate between PEs make the parallel system built by this method, a very high performance DSP module for solving complex DSP problems.

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Parallel Processing ، DSP Processors ، TMS320C6000 ، Flexible Mesh Architecture