• DocumentCode
    1162376
  • Title

    A fully parallel, multi-processor software system using Inmos transputers and the occam programming language

  • Author

    Taylor, Rodney ; Taylor, Scott

  • Author_Institution
    Space Comput. Corp., Santa Monica, CA, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1590
  • Lastpage
    1596
  • Abstract
    A complete description of a fully parallel command processor, data acquisition, and process control software system given. The system runs on custom hardware built around the Inmos transputer and is written in the first truly parallel real-time programming language, called occam. Occam coding techniques are discussed, and code benchmarks are given. Results for interrupt response time, data transfer rates, and processor performance are presented
  • Keywords
    data acquisition; multiprocessing systems; nuclear electronics; physics computing; transputers; Inmos transputer; custom hardware; data acquisition; data transfer rates; fully parallel command processor; interrupt response time; occam; parallel real-time programming language; process control software; processor performance; Band pass filters; Computer languages; Data acquisition; Ethernet networks; Oscillators; Parallel programming; Process control; Radar antennas; Radar tracking; Software systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.41110
  • Filename
    41110