Title :
A RISC/UNIX workstation second stage trigger
Author :
Foreman, W.M. ; Amann, J.F. ; Fu, S. ; Kozlowski, T. ; Naivar, F.J. ; Oothoudt, M.A. ; Shelley, F.E.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Recent advances in reduced-instruction-set computer (RISC) workstations have greatly altered the economics of processing power available for experiments. In addition, VME interfaces available for many of these workstations make it possible to use them in experiment front ends for filtering and compressing data. Such a second-stage trigger has been implemented at LAMPF (Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility) using a commercially available workstation and VME interface. The implementation is described, and measurements of data transfer speeds are presented
Keywords :
Unix; nuclear electronics; physics computing; reduced instruction set computing; trigger circuits; Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility; LAMPF; RISC/UNIX workstation second stage trigger; VME interfaces; data transfer speeds; filtering; front ends; processing power; reduced-instruction-set computer; Contracts; Data acquisition; Ethernet networks; Fastbus; Logic; Partial response channels; Read-write memory; Reduced instruction set computing; US Department of Energy; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
