Transputer

T414 transputer chip
IMSB008 base platform with IMSB419 and IMSB404 modules mounted

The transputer is a series of pioneering microprocessors from the 1980s, intended for parallel computing. To support this, each transputer had its own integrated memory and serial communication links to exchange data with other transputers. They were designed and produced by Inmos, a semiconductor company based in Bristol, United Kingdom.[1]

For some time in the late 1980s, many[2] considered the transputer to be the next great design for the future of computing. While the transputer did not achieve this expectation, the transputer architecture was highly influential in provoking new ideas in computer architecture, several of which have re-emerged in different forms in modern systems.[3]

  1. ^ Allen Kent, James G. Williams (eds.) (1998) "Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology", ISBN 0-8247-2292-2, "The Transputer Family of Products", by Hamid R. Arabnia.
  2. ^ Hey, Anthony J. G. (1990-01-01). "Supercomputing with transputers---past, present and future". Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Supercomputing - ICS '90. New York, NY, USA: ACM. pp. 479–489. doi:10.1145/77726.255192. ISBN 0897913698. S2CID 8612995.
  3. ^ Stoker, & White, A. . (2000). Mechatronic cine-film copying using transputer control. Mechatronics (Oxford), 10(7), 773–807. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0957-4158(99)00043-4

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