Raytheon develops world's first polymorphic computer dubbed MONARCH
Raytheon Company has developed the world's first polymorphic computer called MONARCH (Morphable Networked Micro-Architecture). The computer's structural design is able to adopt diverse forms depending on their relevance.
Monarch is claimed to be the best processor ever built for the Department of Defense as it minimizes the need for processor count. Nick Uros, vice president for the Advanced Concepts and Technology group of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems said:
The MONARCH micro-architecture is unique in its ability to reconfigure itself to optimize processing on the fly. MONARCH provides exceptional compute capacity and highly flexible data bandwidth capability with beyond state-of-the-art power efficiency.
The firm is testing the archetypes of the polymorphic MONARCH processors that include six microprocessors and a highly interrelated reconfigurable computing array thereby delivering 64 gigaflops with over 60 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth.
Via: mil-embedded
