TRON application projects: gearing up for HFDS

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