A rugged scalable parallel system

Tremendous strides are being made in the development of applications for scalable, parallel, high performance computing systems. One of the factors limiting further applications has been the lack of small, rugged, embeddable systems to support embedded airborne, shipboard, and landbased installations operating in severe environments. Litton Guidance and Control Systems, together with MasPar Computer Corporation, and supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), Computer Systems Technology Office (CSTO), are addressing this problem. Together, we are repackaging MasPar´s highly successful commercial massively parallel processing system to minimize size and maximize survivability in severe environments. The resulting rugged scalable parallel system is software transparent with the commercial systems