Melnyk V. Self-Configurable High-Performance Computer Systems

Thesis is dedicated to development of the theoretical foundations, methods and means of design and operation of a new class of high-performance computer facilities - self-configurable computer systems (SCCS) and their components, their study and implementation. Theoretical foundations of operation and ways for improvements in the reconfigurable computer systems architecture are developed and explored. The problems, hindering these systems effectiveness, are identified, and methods to solve them are proposed. Theoretical principles of design and operation of the SCCS, which include the proposed improvements, are developed. Characteristics of information processing duration in the SCCS are investigated and SCCS's fundamental advantages over the reconfigurable ones are proved. Principles of structural organization of the SCCS and conceptual bases of their components design are developed. A new architecture, information processing method, the basic structures and design foundations of the specialized processors for parallel execution in the SCCS's reconfigurable environment of the algorithms, invariant to the data structure, are developed. The methods of construction of the specialized processors VHDL-models generation means for the SCCS, structure and operating principles of the generation system are developed and studied. Design, research and implementation of the software for the SCCS's components interaction are done. Methodological base of the structural organization and functioning of the system of remote access to the reconfigurable accelerators are proposed. An implementation and experimental study of the SCCS and their basic components are performed.