Functional decomposition on multi-micro-processor systems

Increased sophistication ofpresent microprocessors and other l.s.i. devices allows creation of unconventional computer architectures. The work reported here is part of a project concerned with the application of multi-processor architectures to business data processing. An application is considered as a number of interacting functional units. The operation of a system consists of the allocation of functional units to processing units at execution time. A processing unit contains a microprocessor, r.o.m., r.a.m., firmware and interface devices for communication with adjacent processing units and peripherals. Basic modes for interconnection of processing units are discussed. More generalized cellular structured architectures are considered and software problems examined.