Integrated parallel image processings on a pipelined MIMD multi-processor system PSM

Efficient image processing from a low level to a higher level on a PSM system is described. PSM is a multiprocessor system architecture with pipelined multiple-instruction multiple-data (MIMD) processors, shared memory, and a multistage interconnection network designed for high-speed parallel image processing. A parallel image processor, PSM-32, which is being constructed based on the PSM architecture, is discussed. To ensure total efficient instruction and data flows in the presence of the memory access delays commonly occurring on a multistage interconnection network machine, an architecture with a pipelined MIMD processor is proposed for the PSM system.