TUMULT, the Twente University multiprocessor

Author

Scholten, J. ; Jansen, P.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands

fYear

1988

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

118

Abstract

TUMULT, (Twente University multiprocessor) is described. Its aim is the design and implementation of a modular extendable multiprocessor system. Up to 15 processing elements are connected through an interprocessor communication network, using message-passing for the exchange of data. The hardware is controlled by a distributed real-time operating system, written in modular Pascal and Modula-2. Each processing element can contain one or more processor (M680X0), memory boards, and I/O interfaces, all connected through a VME bus, which acts as a local bus. The network offers a fully connected communication service with error detection and recovery. In the version realized, the transfer rate is 20 Mbyte/s

Keywords

multiprocessing systems; multiprocessor interconnection networks; 20 MByte/s; I/O interfaces; M680X0; Modula-2; TUMULT; Twente University multiprocessor; VME bus; communication service; distributed real-time operating system; error detection; interprocessor communication network; local bus; memory boards; message-passing; modular Pascal; modular extendable multiprocessor system; processing elements; recovery; transfer rate; Communication networks; Communication switching; Communication system control; Control systems; Distributed control; Hardware; Message passing; Multiprocessing systems; Operating systems; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems in the 1990s, 1988. Proceedings., Workshop on the Future Trends of

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0897-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FTDCS.1988.26688

Filename

26688