Aladdin processor: a miniaturized target recognition processor with multi-GFLOP throughput

Ronald A. Belt; Danny Anthony; James Brandt; Donald G. Krantz; M. Lum; Belle Shenoy; Mark Vojta; William W. Wehner II; Jeff S. Pridmore; Junius Pridgen; Ed Black; Wolfgang Daum

doi:10.1117/12.161438

20 October 1993 Aladdin processor: a miniaturized target recognition processor with multi-GFLOP throughput

Ronald A. Belt, Danny Anthony, James Brandt, Donald G. Krantz, M. Lum, Belle Shenoy, Mark Vojta, William W. Wehner II, Jeff S. Pridmore, Junius Pridgen, Ed Black, Wolfgang Daum

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Proceedings Volume 1957, Architecture, Hardware, and Forward-Looking Infrared Issues in Automatic Target Recognition; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161438
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Alliant Techsystem's Aladdin processor is a real-time automatic target recognition processor that provides 2 GFLOPS of 32-bit floating point operations and 1 GOP of 16-bit fixed point operations simultaneously in a soup-can size package only 4.5 inches in diameter by 6.0 inches long. It is highly modular, and can be scaled up to 50 GOPS + 8 GFLOPS to satisfy target recognition and tracking needs using sensors as large as 2048 X 2048 pixels suitable for helicopters and aircraft, or down to 66 MFLOPS on a 2 square inch multichip module for a minimum hardware configuration suitable for missiles and smart munitions. A 6U VME chassis configuration is also available. All hardware configurations are Ada- programmable and share a common Ada software development environment and Ada runtime system for cost-effective life-cycle operation. This paper describes the hardware architecture of the processor along with the Ada runtime system, the software development environment, and the software programming methodology. Typical system applications are included to illustrate the versatility and cost effectiveness of the processor.

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Ronald A. Belt, Danny Anthony, James Brandt, Donald G. Krantz, M. Lum, Belle Shenoy, Mark Vojta, William W. Wehner II, Jeff S. Pridmore, Junius Pridgen, Ed Black, and Wolfgang Daum "Aladdin processor: a miniaturized target recognition processor with multi-GFLOP throughput", Proc. SPIE 1957, Architecture, Hardware, and Forward-Looking Infrared Issues in Automatic Target Recognition, (20 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161438

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