The design of a multi-micro-computer system

  • Authors:

  • S. H. Fuller;D. P. Siewiorek;R. J. Swan

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;Department of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;Department of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Venue:
  • ISCA '76 Proceedings of the 3rd annual symposium on Computer architecture
  • Year:
  • 1976

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Abstract

Continuing advances in semiconductor technology now makes practical the construction of multi-micro-processor systems with tens to hundreds of processors. We are currently involved in the design and construction of a multi-micro-processor system to experimentally investigate the problems of building and programming systems with a large number of processors. The LSI-11 microcomputer is the basic “computer module” that provides processing power and primary memory. The interconnection scheme between the computer modules allows the processors to cooperate in a true multiprocessor fashion: they can share and efficiently access all of primary memory. A number of working groups are now investigating the central problems facing the design and successful application of reliable multi-micro-processor systems and these problems will also be discussed.