The external access network of a modular computer system

  • Authors:
  • Jesse T. Quatse;Pierre Gaulene;Donald Dodge

  • Affiliations:
  • University of California, Berkeley, California;University of California, Berkeley, California;University of California, Berkeley, California

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '72 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 16-18, 1972, spring joint computer conference
  • Year:
  • 1971

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Abstract

A modular time-sharing computer system, called PRIME, is currently under development at the University of California, Berkeley. Basically, PRIME consists of sets of modules such as processors, primary memory modules, and disk drives, which are dynamically reconfigured into separate subsystems. One ramification of the architectural approach is the need for a medium to accommodate three classes of communications: (1) those between any processor and any other processor, (2) those between any processor and any disk drive, external computer system, or other device in the facility pool, and (3) those between primary memory and any device in the facility pool.