DATA DRIVEN TYPE INFORMATION PROCESSOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF MEMORY BANKS

A data driven type information processor includes a program storing unit storing a data flow program in a number of memory banks wherein the number is greater than one. The data flow program includes a series of program lines divided into a plurality of clusters, and the memory banks store the data flow program such that each program line of a cluster is stored in a different memory bank. Each program line includes at least destination information and instruction information, and the destination information includes at least a cluster identifier. The program storing unit responsive to a cluster identifier of received destination information reads a cluster of program lines stored in the memory banks. The program storing unit outputs an instruction data packet corresponding to each read program line wherein the instruction data packet includes destination information and instruction information. A junction unit of the processor produces merged data packets by merging instruction data packets output by the program storing unit with operand data packets. A paired data detecting unit merges merged data packets having destination information which satisfy a predetermined relationship, and a branch unit outputs destination information to the program storing unit based on data packets received from the paired data detecting unit. An operation processing unit of the processor produces the operand data packets by processing operand information output by the branch unit in accordance with instruction information output by the branch unit.