kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) (12/28/90)
Has anyone out there done any research regarding massively parallel systems for realtime control applications? The restrictions placed by realtime operation require extensive interrupt handling, and I am not sure how this could be handled easily, because more than just the processor handling I/O will need to be interrupted. Since deterministic timing is a crucial thing, would it even be a good idea to avoid message passing systems altogether? If anyone can give me pointers to any research at all being done in this area, I'd greatly appreciate it! -- Scott Dorsey/ Kaptain Kludge NASA Langley Research Center, Aircraft Guidance and Control Branch Disclaimer: Neither NASA nor Lockheed really know anything about what
aras@ecerl1.ece.ncsu.edu (Caglan Aras) (12/29/90)
In article <12413@hubcap.clemson.edu> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) writes: >Has anyone out there done any research regarding massively parallel systems >for realtime control applications? The restrictions placed by realtime >operation require extensive interrupt handling, and I am not sure how this >could be handled easily, because more than just the processor handling I/O >will need to be interrupted. Since deterministic timing is a crucial thing, >would it even be a good idea to avoid message passing systems altogether? I would suggest looking at the Real-Time Systems Symposium as a start, they usually have a few papers on architectures. Some robotics or avionics conferences also have articles on such systems. Caglan M. Aras aras@eceris.ncsu.edu| Experts know more and N. C State Univ. | more about less and ECE Dept. Robotics Lab | less till they know Raleigh, NC 27695 | everything about nothing!