dario@techunix.BITNET (Dario Ringach) (02/28/89)
I suppose the most straightforward way to implement a relaxation labeling algorithm (say for image processing) in OCCAM is by mapping a process to each pixel which in each iteration receives the state of its 4-neighbors and updates its own state. Assume that I have an NxN grid so we actually have N^2 OCCAM processes running in parallel. Now, you are given an MxM torus of Transputers (M<N) and you are asked to configure your software for such an architecture..., impossible right? Instead of the trivial solution of writing the algorithm as MxM processes, each working in subpictures and directly mapped onto the Tps., is there a way to write it such that it could be possible to configure it for any M? Why a Tp link implements only two OCCAM channels and not several of them? Thanks in advance! -- Dario