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PARALLEL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR AVIONICS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 8714
Amount: $409,966.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1990
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 560788
Orlando, FL 32856
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Alexander Akerman Iii
 (305) 857-3213
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

A SINGLE FORM OF A "MASSIVELY PARALLEL" COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE IS BEING SOUGHT TO HOST THE COMPLETE SUITE OF A VISION MODEL-BASED OBJECT RECOGNITION ALGORITHM. TWO APPROACHES WILL BE INVESTIGATED DURING PHASE I: (1) A SIMD ARCHITECTURE REPRESENTED BY THE AMT DISTRIBUTED ARRAY PROCESSOR DAP, AND (2) A MIMD ARCHITECTURE BASED UPON THE SHILOACH/VISHKIN ALGORITHM. THE DAP 510 WILL BE EMULATED ON I-MATH'S VAX COMPUTERS USING THE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DAP SIMULATOR; THE MIMD ARCHITECTURE WILL BE STUDIED USING THE NYU ULTRACOMPUTER. COMPLETE EXPLORATION OF BOTH TECHNOLOGIES IS ASSURED BY KEY I-MATH CONSULTANTS; DR. ROBERT HUMMEL (NYU COURANT INSTITUTE) AND DR. WINTRHROP SMITH (AMT CHIEF APPLICATION SCIENTIST). FOR PHASE I, THE SCERPO (SPATIAL CORRESPONDENCE, EVIDENTIAL REASONING, PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION) MODEL-BASED ALGORITHM WILL BE USED AS THE CANDIDATE FOR SIMD/MIMD IMPLEMENTATION. IT'S PERFORMANCE IN EACH ARCHITECTURE WILL BE BENCHMARKED AGAINST ITS CURRENT PROCESSOR IMPLEMENTATION.

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