An Overlapped Prolog Processor
by Tick, Evan
Technical Note 308
Institution: AI Center, SRI International
Address: 333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025
Oct 1983.
This report describes the design of a Prolog machine organization implementing D. Warren’s architecture. The objective was to determine the maximum performance attainable by a sequential Prolog machine for ``reasonable’’ cost. The report compares the organization to both general-purpose, microcoded machines and reduced-instruction-set machines. Hand timings indicate that a peak performance rate of 450 K LIPS (logical inferences per second) is well within current technology limitations and 1 M LIPS is potentially feasible.
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