This paper presents an expandable multiprocessor system design based on: (a) an INTEL 80188 based microcomputer as the basic processing element; (b) a multi-channel, multi-access, processor independent interprocessor communications subnetwork with data transfer rates of 250 Kbps or 1 Mbps per channel. The basic system design consists of two IBM PC expansion cards--a single processor IBM PC Interface Card, and a Quad Processor Card containing four 80188 CPUs. Each processor has access to two separate interprocessor (IP) serial data channels. An IP channel supports as many as 16 processors using a token bus data link control. IP communications is either direct or routed via intervening processors to support an unlimited number of processors in a given system.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/277133 |
| Date | January 1989 |
| Creators | Olson, Joseph Augustine, 1959- |
| Contributors | Hill, Frederick J. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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