Editing ambric/am2000

{{ambric title|Am2000}}
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| title             = Ambric Am2000
| image             = ambric 2045.gif
| caption           = {{\|Am2045}}
| developer         = Ambric
| manufacturer      = TSMC
| type              = Microprocessors
| first announced   = October 10, 2006
| first launched    = December, 2006
| production start  = 
| production end    = 
| arch              = Many-core 32-bit microprocessor
| isa               = 
| microarch         = 
| word              = 32 bit
| proc              = 130 nm
| tech              = CMOS
| clock min         = 1 MHz
| clock max         = 333 Mhz
| package           = FCBGA-868
| package 2         = FCBGA-896
| socket            = 
}}
'''Am2000''' was a family of {{arch|32}} [[massively parallel processor array|MPPAs]] designed by [[Ambric]]. The series was introduced at the 2006 Fall Microprocessor Forum. The two flagship models the {{\|Am2045}} (A) and later {{\|Am2045B}} had over 300 cores with maximum theoretical performance of over one trillion operations per second. Due to the [[wikipedia:2008 financial crisis|economic downturn of 2008]] Ambric failed to secure additional funding and was forced to sell its assets to [[Nethra Imaging]] which continued to manufacture the chips until 2013. Prior to the acquisition Ambric also announced a 600 cores, 600 MHz model. It's unknown if the model ever made it to market. Designs, [[software]], and related [[wikipedia:patent|patents]] are now held by [[Imagination Technologies]].

Ambric, unlike many of its competitors, managed to develop a sound programming model that proved itself to be simple enough and intuitive enough to allow easy programming. Am2000 found their way to various military applications, medical instruments, and high-end multimedia hardware.
== Overview ==
Introduced in the fall of 2006, the Am2000 is a series of many-core processors implemented as a [[massively parallel processor array]] designed to replace high-end embedded processors, DSPs, and FPGAs in applications where fast general-purpose integer arithmetic and digital-signal processing is required. Such tasks usually land themselves fairly well in highly parallel environments.

Ambric's AM2000 series is an example of one of the few massively parallel processors that succeeded in independently developing a solid programming model and tools that worked extremely well with the underlying processor that relatively easy to code. A complete set of development tools were also offered with the product including extensions to Eclipse IDE. Code for the AM2000 used a language called {{\\|aJava}} which was a strict subset of [[Java]] that compiled directly into [[machine code]].

== Members ==

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== Architecture ==
Ambric's Am2000 models are all made of small homogeneous units called '''Brics'''. The exact number of brics depends on the model.

=== communication ===
[[File:ambric neighbor channels.png|thumb|right|350px|'''Neighbor Channels''']]
Ambric's architecture makes heavy use of channels - synchronized interconnects that carry both data and instructions in a [[FIFO]]. Channels are a strong point of this architecture as all data goes through channels including [[memory]] and [[registers]]. Channel interconnects can be loosely divided into three categories: 

* '''Intra-Bric Channels''': internal channels that span no loner than a single bric. All basic communication utilizes these channels. They are dynamically configured by the instructions themselves. Typical ALU [[register]]/[[memory]] utilizes these channels. 

* '''Neighbor Channels''': channels spanning between two CU units. These channels only go to an adjacent control unit (i.e. directly North, South, East, or West). Only one channel is aviable in each direction. Channels are {{arch|32}} wide operating at up to 9.6 GT/s.

* '''Inter-Bric Channels''': also known as distanced bric channels, are communication channels that operate globally between any two brics.

== Programming == 
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== Applications ==
The Am2000 has been used for high-definition video processing, medical imaging devices, high performance network processing, image recognition, and various military applications such as drones.

== See also ==
* [[massively parallel processor array]]
* {{rapport|Kilocore}}
designer	Ambric +
first announced	October 10, 2006 +
first launched	December 2006 +
full page name	ambric/am2000 +
instance of	microprocessor family +
main designer	Ambric +
manufacturer	TSMC +
name	Ambric Am2000 +
package	FCBGA-868 + and FCBGA-896 +
process	130 nm (0.13 μm, 1.3e-4 mm) +
technology	CMOS +
word size	32 bit (4 octets, 8 nibbles) +