Parallel processing : the transputer and its applications
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Parallel processing : the transputer and its applications
(International computer science series)
Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Inmos Transputer has proved its value as a powerful building block in a new generation of parallel computer systems. This book provides a self-contained guide to transputer programming, architecture and applications.
Highlights of the book include:
A concise tutorial on parallel programming, featuring languages like C, Fortran and Pascal in addition to an in-depth treatment of the transputer's 'native' language, occam
A wide-ranging review of hardware configurations, including interfacing and the integration of board and system level components
A collection of case studies illustrating the benefits of parallel processing in applications as diverse as image processing, physiological modelling, pollution dispersion, database systems, robot control and ray traced graphics
The book is equally suitable for students of computer science and engineering studying parallel processing, and for project managers or software engineers requiring a single-source reference showing how the transputer's performance has been exploited in practice.
Table of Contents
Contents
Introductio
Occam: An introductory course
Transputer software
Hardware for parallelism
Transputer hardware
Manufacturers hardware equipment
Transputer applications
Image processing with transputers
Porting a Fortran application to a transputer network
The transputer and its application to physiological modelling of the human vocal and auditory systems
Modelling the dispersion of gaseous pollutants in air
Transputer database systems
Experience of using transputers in a robot programming and control system: a case study
Ray traced graphics
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