Apple-CORE

About

“Apple-CORE” stands for Architecture Paradigms and Programming Languages for Efficient programming of multiple COREs. Apple-CORE is a project that intends to make multi-core computing mainstream by providing general-purpose, multi-functional multi-cores that are easy to program and work with.

Project outcomes:

Processor architecture

D-RISC: simple and energy-efficient 6-stage RISC pipeline with hardware multithreading and dataflow scheduling
Microgrid: many-core clusters of D-RISC cores with hardware acceleration for concurrency management

Technology

UTLEON3: D-RISC implementation on FPGA
Microgrid simulator: cycle-accurate D-RISC and Microgrid simulation models with full-system platform emulation
SL and MGOS: open source C compilation and OS components for Microgrids
Back-end for Single-Assignment C: high-level array functional programming for the Microgrid

Spawn-off projects

MGSim: simulation tools for research & education
SVP: system virtualization platform
Embedded Single-Assignment C: providing SaC compatibility to embedded platforms and accelerators

Apple-CORE’s research phase lasted from 2008 to 2011. Since then, the focus is put on development and exploitation.

The Apple-CORE project is an academic-industrial partnership funded by the European Union under grant number FP7-215216. Research partners: