Invited Papers to be presented at WoTUG-19

Hardware for Transputing without Transputers

Speaker:
Paul Walker
Company:
4Links for technical help
Abstract:
Transputing without transputers is mostly concerned with porting software to make other processors behave like transputers. This paper describes hardware which provides interprocessor (DS-)link communications to interface with processor boards that have a bus which adheres to the PCI specification.

The ST20450 - Design Overview

Speaker:
Rob Simpson
Company:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics
Abstract:
This talk describes some of the motivation and rationale behind the design and implementation of the ST20450 processor. It is the first of a family of chips to be based upon the ST20 micro-core, which is itself a thoroughly re-engineered implementation of the T4 series transputer.

Multiprocessing with the SHARC

Speaker:
(to be arranged)
Company:
Analogue Devices
Abstract:
The Analogue Devices SHARC processor is currently generating considerable interest not only as a high-performance Digital Signal Processor, but also as a processing element for parallel systems and graphics engines. The ADSP21060 includes 4Mbit of fast SRAM, a 120MFLOPS processor, high speed link ports, and other hardware support for multiprocessing. Multiple SHARC systems can efficiently support a range of programming approaches (SIMD, SPMD, MIMD).