Model Year Architecture

• Promote Model Year Architecture (MYA) approach to upgradeable architectural ans software components through
  • Specification and Iser Guides
  • Reuse Library Encapsulations
  • Develop advanced encapsulation techniques to promote plug-and-play interoperability

  BENEFITS
  

  • Reduced cycle time and cost of new and upgraded designs
  • Provides a path to enable design reuse and technology upgrades
    

• Standard Virtual Interface (SVI Specification) -- Available
• Processing Element Specification -- Available
• Reconfigurable Network Interface (RNI) Spec. -- Available
• Hardware / Software Architecture Element Spec -- 1Q/97
  • Includes: Guidlines and application notes
• Reuse Library Specification -- 3Q/97
• Functional Encapsulation Examples on Web -- 3Q/97
• Application Note

Next Concept

RELATED EFFORTS (DARPA - ITO)

• Virtual Microarchitecture Interface Program
  • Provides real-time netowrk-level interoperability for scalable interconnects
  • Provides hardware-centric version of MYA external network interface (Reconfigurable Network Interface) with 100x latency improvement
  • Provides tie-in to DARPA-HPSC Common Logic Frame (CLF)
• Virtual Socket Interface Alliance (VSIA)
• MYA is being considered by VSIA system design group as a standard to support reuse