Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Operating System for a Network of Transputers.

Abstract

This thesis presents the Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Operating System for a Network of Transputers, with main focus on the Communication Subsystem. It also introduces the novice to the Transputer Development System (TDS), and suggests a sequence for developing applications. All the programs and examples presented in this thesis were implemented in the OCCAM1 Programming Language, and using the Transputer Development System (TDS-D600), running under the VAX/VMS Operating System at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Keywords include: Transputer, Operating system, OCCAM, TDS, Network, Concurrent processing, Distributed system, Routing, Message communications, and Thesis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA186593

Entities

People

  • Mauricio De Menezes Cordeiro

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Decoding
  • Language
  • Microprocessors
  • Numbers
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Programming Languages
  • Schools
  • Software Development
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Computer Science.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development