The DISCUS Hardware System,

Abstract

This report describes the hardware philosophy behind the Distributed Control microprocessor System (DISCUS) developed at RSRE. DISCUS is an array of up to 15 asynchronous microprocessors that are star connected around a global store. The system is compared to other architectures, and the general philosophy behind the design of DISCUS. This is to keep the hardware and software as simple as possible while achieving the aims of system recovery and diagnostics. Enhancements for the future such as the choice of microprocessor and bus are discussed as well as the present and possible future recovery aids. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA124010

Entities

People

  • H. S. Field-richards

Organizations

  • Royal Signals and Radar Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Debugging
  • Floating Point Operations
  • High Level Languages
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Large Scale Integration
  • Network Topology
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Semiconductors
  • Software Design
  • System Software
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design