DataflowBibliography

Conference Papers

• Dennis, Jack B. and David P. Misunas. "A preliminary architecture for a basic dataflow processor." In the Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), 1975. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/642089.642111

Description of static dataflow and an architecture for executing programs composed of static dataflow graphs. This is a very early paper on the topic of dataflow architectures, if not the earliest. The first few pages provide a reasonable introduction to the fundamentals of dataflow computation, though they are limited (I believe) to static dataflow models. The architecture described foreshadows that of many future dataflow machines, and the instruction caching problem that became the matching table overflow problem of later machines is discussed (or at least mentioned).
Schwerin 13:25, 5 January 2006 (PST)

• Grafe, V.G., G.S. Davidson, J.E. Hoch, and V.P. Holmes. "The Epsilon Dataflow Processor." In the Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), 1989. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/74925.74930

• Sakai, S., Y. Yamaguchi, K. Hiraki, Y. Kodama and T. Yuba. "An architecture of a dataflow single chip processor." In the Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), 1989. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/74925.74931

Description of the EM-4, a follow-on to the Sigma-1. EM-4 was to be a first dataflow multiprocessor in which every processing node occupied no more than a single chip. Describes a strongly connected arc model, which is broadly similar to the Monsoon frame model and its ilk. Discusses shortcomings of prior dataflow machines. Attempts to address these in the new architecture.
Schwerin 13:45, 5 January 2006 (PST)

• Arvind and Nikhil, V.C. "Executing a program on the MIT tagged-token dataflow architecture." In IEEE Transactions on Computers, March, 1990. http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.48862