Re: Transputer

[Larry Dickson <tjoccam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

I certainly agree with this idea. Prof. May suggested some space be given to memory (cache-like, I suppose, just as on the original Transputer). I suggest in addition a lot more links and event lines, plus analog/digital data lines - say 16 links, 16 events, 64 A or D. (Or am I thinking too small?) Each could have a dedicated Transputer on the "edge" in the spirit of Prof. May's preferred design (in our big priorities discussion last Sep-Oct). Even if only 2000 of the Transputers are left, there should be plenty of edge (45 x 45 = 2025 and that's 176 on the edge if a square array).

Larry Dickson

On Jun 20, 2013, at 8:55 AM, Ruth Ivimey-Cook <ruth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Barry Cook (4Links) wrote:

Hi All,

In case any of you didn't see this ...
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/other/4416699/Bristol-Calling--Project-plans-to-re-RISC-the-ARM?pageNumber=0
Take a special look at the last paragraph on the second page (link at the bottom of the above page).

> Meeting to discuss such a project would at least be a good excuse for a party, he concluded.

That's the sort of party I'd like to be involved with!

Ruth

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