Parallel Computing and Transputers

Parallel Computing and Transputers

Author: D. Arnold

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9789051991499

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The broadening of interest in parellel computing and transputers is reflected in this text. Topics covered include: concurrent programming; graphics and image processing; and robotics and control. It is based on the proceedings of the 6th Australian Transputer and Occam User Group.


Transputer Applications

Transputer Applications

Author: Mike R. Jane

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9789051990799

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The symposium held in Reading in March 1992 celebrated the completion of a 5-year Initiative in the Engineering Applications of Transputers. It reviewed achievements in a range of applications and supporting fields and predicted future developments. This book represents a collection of articles presented at this meeting, as well as independent reviews of the Transputer Initiative.


Transputers and Parallel Applications

Transputers and Parallel Applications

Author: John Hulskamp

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 1992-11

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9789051991154

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Presents the proceedings of a Transputer and OCCAM User Group Conference, held in Melbourne, in November 1992, discussing recent developments in the field of transputers and parallel applications.


Parallel Processing

Parallel Processing

Author: M. E. C. Hull

Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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A tutorial guide to the INMOS transputer--"a computer on a chip", which has applications in computer graphics, robotics, databases, and more. Covers architecture, programming, and applications, plus coverage of the new H1 chip and the various languages used to program transputers, including Pacsal, C, FORTRAN, and Occam.


Parallel Processing in Digital Control

Parallel Processing in Digital Control

Author: D. Fabian Garcia Nocetti

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1447119452

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Parallel Processing in Digital Control is a volume to be published in the new Advances in Industrial Control series, edited by Professor M.J. Grimble and Dr. M.A. Johnson of the Industrial Control Unit, University of Strathclyde. The growing complexity of digital control systems in such areas as robotics, flight control and engine control has created a demand for faster and more reliable systems. This book examines how parallel processing can satisfy these requirements. Following a survey of parallel computer architectures, MIMD (Multiple Instruction Multiple Data) machines are identified as suitable systems for digital control problems, which are characterised by a mixture of regular and irregular algorithmic tasks. An example of a typical MIMD architecture, suitable for real-time control, (the Inmos Transputer) is introduced together with its associated parallel programming language (Occam). The key problem in implementing parallel software is associated with mapping parallel tasks onto physical processors. In this book a variety of schemes are described and assessed to help illustrate potential areas of difficulty for the real-time control software engineer. Solutions are proposed and tested on a flight control case study example. Recognising the widespread acceptance of MATLAB and its derivatives for computer aided control system design, this book demonstrates how mapping strategies can be realised in this environment and integrated with a transputer development system for on-line performance evaluation. A case study example demonstrates the power of this approach and important issues are highlighted. Readers will experience the advantages of parallel processing in digital control while being made aware of the key factors to be considered in the development of an effective solution. Practising control engineers and graduate/post-graduate students will find the book of particular interest and benefit.


Parallel Computing

Parallel Computing

Author: Jonathan P. Gray

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9789051991963

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The broadening of interest in parallel computing and transputers is reflected this book. Topics discussed include: concurrent programming; graphics and image processing; parallel applications; robotics; and control and software tools. The book also features a collection of abstracts of poster presentations.


The Transputer Handbook

The Transputer Handbook

Author: Ian Graham

Publisher: Prentice Hall International

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13:

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A guide to the capabilities, software, and hardware of transputer parallel processing systems. Not intended as a substitute for engineering data when detailed design decisions are to be made. Programming examples are in C (rather than occam). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Transputers '92

Transputers '92

Author: Monique Becker

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9789051990812

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In today's highly competitive environment, the transputer market provides Europe with a great number of important assets. From the first transputer with its four links and OCCAM language, which opened the door to a whole series of distributed memory machines, to the T9000 with the C104 and the standardization of software programs, progress in this field has come a long way.


Past, Present, Parallel

Past, Present, Parallel

Author: Arthur Trew

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1447118421

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Past, Present, Parallel is a survey of the current state of the parallel processing industry. In the early 1980s, parallel computers were generally regarded as academic curiosities whose natural environment was the research laboratory. Today, parallelism is being used by every major computer manufacturer, although in very different ways, to produce increasingly powerful and cost-effec- tive machines. The first chapter introduces the basic concepts of parallel computing; the subsequent chapters cover different forms of parallelism, including descriptions of vector supercomputers, SIMD computers, shared memory multiprocessors, hypercubes, and transputer-based machines. Each section concentrates on a different manufacturer, detailing its history and company profile, the machines it currently produces, the software environments it supports, the market segment it is targetting, and its future plans. Supplementary chapters describe some of the companies which have been unsuccessful, and discuss a number of the common software systems which have been developed to make parallel computers more usable. The appendices describe the technologies which underpin parallelism. Past, Present, Parallel is an invaluable reference work, providing up-to-date material for commercial computer users and manufacturers, and for researchers and postgraduate students with an interest in parallel computing.


Parallel Programming of Transputer Based Machines

Parallel Programming of Transputer Based Machines

Author: Traian Muntean

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13:

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This publication contains papers from the Occam User Group (OUG). The main aim of the OUG is to act as an independent forum for the exchange of ideas, results and information in research and development of projects in the area of parallel systems design and programming using various communicating processes oriented approaches for transputer based machines. The papers collected in this volume cover topics such as: methodology of Occam programming, parallel asynchronous algorithms, control of real parallelisms in highly parallel machines of transputers, applications in scientific programming, real-time processing, image processing, etc.