Title :
The XTM parallel desktop supercomputer: transputers play host
fDate :
Feb. 27 1989-March 3 1989
Abstract :
The Cogent Research XTM is a desktop parallel computer based on the INMOS T800 transputer. Designed to expand from two to several hundred processors, the XTM provides a transparent distributed computing environment both within a single workstation and among a collection of workstations. Using Linda tuple spaces as the basis for interprocess communication and synchronization, a Unix-compatible, server-based OS was constructed. A graphic user interface is provided by an interactive PostScript window server called PIX . All processors see the same set of system services, and within protection limits, programs capable of using many processors can spread out over a network of workstations and resource servers, acquiring the services of unused processors.<>
Keywords :
parallel processing; transputers; Cogent Research; INMOS T800 transputer; Linda tuple spaces; PIX; XTM parallel desktop supercomputer; graphic user interface; interactive PostScript window server; interprocess communication; operating system; synchronization; transparent distributed computing environment; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; Graphics; Network servers; Operating systems; Page description languages; Protection; Supercomputers; User interfaces; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
COMPCON Spring '89. Thirty-Fourth IEEE Computer Society International Conference: Intellectual Leverage, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1909-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1989.301904
