The XTM parallel desktop supercomputer: transputers play host

Author

Vollum, Charles

fYear

1989

fDate

Feb. 27 1989-March 3 1989

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

62

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1989.301904

Filename

301904