Programming the Am2045: An Am2045 MPPA Technology Overview
To deliver significantly higher levels of performance with power efficiency now and in the long run, massive parallelism is a key technology. Nethra's Ambric-architectuure solution to the architectural and programming challenges of massive parallelism cleared the way to its practical adoption for embedded systems.
The key to a practical solution for embedded computing was a relentless focus on the right programming model first; then we invented new hardware architectures and circuit designs to enable this breakthrough programming model.
The Am2045 Massively Parallel Processor Array (MPPA) offers a profoundly easier development method compared to FPGAs' hardware-design methods, or the nightmarish debug problems of synchronizing multiple DSP cores. Nethra's Structural Component Programming Model is the key that unlocks engineering productivity and quality for high-performance embedded computing.
Am2045 Advantages:
Am2045 - aDesigner™ Tool Suite
aDesigner™ is a comprehensive, easy-to-use tool suite that uses Nethra's award-winning structured component programming model to make software development practical for embedded application developers who want to harness the power of a massively parallel processor.
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Am2045 Software Libraries
Nethra offers a range of Am2045 software libraries for speeding your system's time-to-market. The Am2045 is especially compelling for embedded systems or other systems where form-factor, thermal and power consumption budgets are tight.
Medical imaging applications include X-ray image processing as seen in this system:
The NovaRay™'s ScanCath™ system uses 40 Am2045 chips containing 13,440 processors for extreme, highly parallel computation, providing real-time, high-resolution, multi-slice images, with up to 20 times reduction in radiation exposure versus other X-ray machines. It enables a breakthrough in precise real-time imaging for interventional cardiology applications and 3D image reconstruction.
Am2045 Boards
Nethra offers a number of Am2045 development boards and reference designs for system integration, development and deployment.
