DATA COUNTER

'Data counters' of the Anti machine are used, instead of a program counter by the basic model (non von Neumann) of Reconfigurable Computing systems. A computing machine paradigm needs a sequencing mechanism. The instruction-stream-driven von Neumann machine paradigm uses a program counter for sequencing the instructions, according to software programming sources. Because the Anti machine is, however, data-stream-driven, it uses data counters which are programmed from Flowware sources. According to the Anti machine model the data counters are parts of address generators like DMA or GAG units, located in auto-sequencing memory blocks for data. Instead of a CPU (including a program counter) the Anti machine uses DPUs (without program counters).

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Generalization of the Systolic Array

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