swank@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Thomas E. Ragland) (05/07/90)
Dear Netters, I'm currently seeking the assistance and advice from anyone that results answer several questions that I have. The problem area is the transputer and ientcy ability to be embedded into products relying on signal processing. For instance, based on the theory of concurrecy, we're trying to develop design approaches for a transputer architecture. Therefore, can someone in *netland* help resolve the following? The problem of interest is as follows, we would like to develop a specialized high speed parallel computer system for signal processing applications. However, complex systems based on the *transputer* can be constructed without truly realizing their operational behavior. Moreover, *transputer* technology, and its accompanying languages, and simulations do not, by themselves, provide sufficient assurances that important liveness and safety properties are fully satisfied, or that the best design has been developed. For expressing the above, we are considering several configurations based on current technology, namely, a Banyan network. Has anyone pursed signal processing/analysis on such an architecture? If so, were the -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- , formal analysis methods, algorithm design suggest feasible practical approaches to predicting the safety and liveness properties of *transputer* based systems. Finally, can anyoone in *netland* help expedite our research efforts by providing, references, citing(s), personal suggestions on developing *optimal* configurations based on the *transputer* for signal processing? Thanks in advance to all! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas E. Ragland RTCL (Real-Time Computing Lab) Dept. of EECS The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2122 Phone: (313) 763-4424 E-Mail: swank@dip.eecs.umich.edu Regards,