TRON application projects: gearing up for HFDS

Author

Sakamura, Ken

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan

fYear

1991

fDate

21-27 Nov 1991

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

14

Abstract

The TRON project, which is designing new computer architectures premised on the applications of the future, is being carried out in two kinds of subprojects. The foundational projects are researching and developing computers themselves, while the application projects are looking into future computer uses. The application projects play an essential role in achieving the ultimate goal of the TRON project, which is to realize highly functional distributed systems, or HFDS. In the HFDS concept, as more and more objects in our living environment are given microchip intelligence, their functioning can be made much more effective by networking them in loose alliances that will allow them to coordinate their activities. The TRON application projects are exploring HFDS possibilities through actual implementations, and are introduced here from this standpoint

Keywords

parallel architectures; project engineering; standardisation; Real-Time Operating System Nucleus; TRON project; computer architectures; distributed systems; microchip intelligence; networking; standardization; Application software; Automobiles; Cities and towns; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Computer vision; Electrical capacitance tomography; Information science; Intelligent networks; Senior citizens;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TRON Project Symposium, 1991. Proceedings., Eighth

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

1063-6749

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2475-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TRON.1991.213121

Filename

213121