A reconfigurable cube-connected cycles architecture for wafer scale integration

Proposes a novel reconfigurable architecture for the cube-connected cycles (CCC) implemented by wafer scale integration (WSI) technology. This design is aimed at maintaining the full rigid structure of the CCC in the presence of manufacturing defects. The spare PEs (processing elements), which are added to every building block of the system, can be shared by the PEs in immediate nearby blocks or be used to substitute defective PEs in distant blocks. As a result, the design utilizes spares more effectively than earlier designs in which spares in a block can be used solely by PEs within the same block, resulting in far better yield improvement.<
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