• DocumentCode
    870757
  • Title

    The M7 - A Computer for on-Line Track-Finding

  • Author

    Harding, David J. ; Turner, Kathleen J. ; Gaines, Irwin ; Droege, Thomas F. ; Haggerty, John S.

  • Author_Institution
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    3907
  • Lastpage
    3912
  • Abstract
    The M7 is a small fast computer with an instruction set designed to match the on-line pattern recognition problems of a high energy physics experiment. It has been used as a trigger processor in a photoproduction experiment at Fermilab. The full off-line track-finding program is being moved to the M7 to allow on-line selection of events based on detailed information and to relieve the burden on the central laboratory computer facility. The hardware, support software, and applications programs are discussed.
  • Keywords
    CAMAC; Communication system control; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Delta modulation; Hardware; Laboratories; Pattern matching; Pattern recognition; Physics computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1983.4333036
  • Filename
    4333036