CORDIS Archive : OMI/HORN (7249)

OMI/HORN (7249)

The OMI/HORN project aims to further develop the architectures developed in the MAP and AMUS projects and to develop implementations for:

high-performance workstations and servers
power-efficient, low-cost portable systems
high-performance parallel computing systems
high-performance embedded multiprocessing systems.

The objectives are to: develop architecture and micro-architecture implementation techniques to exploit the VLSI technologies forecast to emerge in the decade starting 1995 develop new standards for extended precision floating-point arithmetic and incorporate new standards for parallel systems interconnections incorporate the results into the specification and implementation studies of new products addressing the embedded, portable computer and high-performance computing systems markets evaluate system costs and performance in these market segments demonstrate that the design goals have been met by constructing implementations for both low power and high performance.

The OMI/HIC project will provide the basic interconnect technology.
Basic demonstrations of a workstation and a portable PC using the silicon designs from the project are foreseen.

Start date: June 1992
End date: May 1996

Project Coordinator:

Ray Mogford
SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics (United Kingdom)
Tel: 0044-1454-611422
Email: ray.mogford@bristol.st.com

Partners:

SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics (United Kingdom)
ACSET (Belgium)
Advanced Computer Research Institute (France)
Blue Star Information Systems (United Kingdom)
Bull (France)
Computer Technology Institute (Greece)
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (France)
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris (France)
Manchester University (United Kingdom)
Oxford University Computing Laboratory (United Kingdom)
SRF/PACT (United Kingdom)
Thomson CSF CIMSA CINTRA (France)
Universitaet Karlsruhe (Germany)
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (France)
University of Bristol (United Kingdom)