The modular logic machine design system for loosely coupled systems

  • Authors:
  • K. J. Burkhardt;J. J. DeSanto

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • ACM '77 Proceedings of the 1977 annual conference
  • Year:
  • 1977

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Abstract

The recent introduction of complex integrated circuits in the form of microcomputers, microprocessors and single-chip arithmetic processors has put a new tool in the hands of the digital system designer. One area where these complex integrated circuits have not been fully utilized is in the design of high-performance computer systems. This lack of use can probably be attributed to the fact that the majority of existing high-performance systems have relied on rigid control mechanisms to obtain high performance. Most high-performance systems are not oriented towards the type of distributed intelligence implied by the use of microprocessors or intelligent single-chip arithmetic units. The purpose of this paper is to describe the modular logic machine (MLM) system which is a design methodology that has been developed specifically for the design and construction of loosely coupled systems. The primary characteristics of systems constructed using the MLM technique are distributed intelligence and hardware/firmware extensibility.