Title :
A transputer based parallel processing frontend data acquisition system
Author :
Molen, A. Vander ; Au, R. ; Fox, R. ; Hannuschke, S.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
fDate :
2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new parallel processing frontend for data acquisition has been designed and built at NSCL. This system, using inmos T800 transputers, is designed to add the capacity of realtime data filtering to the normal operations of NSCL frontends and improve overall performance. The initial system is designed for 5 transputers linked to a SUN host system via transputer links. A prototype system with one node is currently used as the data acquisition system for the NSCL 4π detector. The multinode system has been installed and tested. Filter software is under development
Keywords :
data acquisition; distributed memory systems; parallel processing; physics computing; transputer systems; NSCL 4pi detector; SUN host system; data acquisition system; inmos T800 transputers; parallel processing frontend; Costs; Data acquisition; Data communication; Detectors; Filtering; Load management; Parallel processing; Prototypes; Sun; Superconducting filters;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
