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Distributed intelligent architecture improves system performance

Journal Article · · Digital Des.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6293316
Recent advances in MUP technology, coupled with a flood of new and sophisticated VLSI peripheral components, have created the building blocks necessary to develop a new generation of MUC systems. This new generation, by employing the concept of a distributed intelligent architecture, will address such high performance requirements as communications concentrators, multiplexors, emulators, database processors, transaction processors and multi-user data processing systems. In particular the author looks at the metapaket architecture (MPA) which features a high performance hardware and firmware message passing facility resident on a new generation of multibus processor and intelligent peripheral controller devices. The metapaket design philosophy allows a multibus-based system to be used in applications typically reserved for other more costly solutions.
Research Organization:
Metacomp, San Diego, CA
OSTI ID:
6293316
Journal Information:
Digital Des.; (United States), Journal Name: Digital Des.; (United States) Vol. 1; ISSN DIDED
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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