A Loosely-coupled Applicative Multi-Processing System

Authors

Robert M. Keller, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
Gary Lindstrom, University of Utah
Suhas Patil, University of Utah

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Department

Computer Science (HMC)

Publication Date

1979

Abstract

This paper describes a proposed machine, AMPS (Applicative Multi-Processing System). It features a loosely-coupled architecture, incorporating a large number (say 1000) of processors functioning independently to a large extent, but effectively interacting when necessary. Furthermore, the programs supported are not tied to the structure of the machine, thereby facilitating expandability. Such expandability is further enhanced by the particular physical organization to be described. The architecture of AMPS attempts to bring costs of communication among processing units to a manageable level by taking advantage of locality of reference.

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© 1979 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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DOI

10.1109/AFIPS.1979.8

Recommended Citation

Robert M. Keller, Gary Lindstrom, Suhas Patil, "A loosely-coupled applicative multi-processing system," afips, pp.613, 1979 Proceedings of the National Computer Conference, 1979. doi: 10.1109/AFIPS.1979.8