Papers in this book report on a wide variety of multicomputer applications, systems and architectures. They all have one aspect on common which is message passing multiprocessors. It includes research presentations of the T9000, TI C-40 and T8/i860-based multicomputers.

Parallel processing is now becoming a household word among computer researchers and designers. This work contains 29 contributions from leading experts in the field attending the 1992 NATUG conference.

This work comprises the proceedings of the Transputer Research and Applications Conference held in Georgia from October 23rd to October 25th, 1994. The conference is sponsored by the North American Transputer Users Group (NATUG).

Proceedings -- Parallel Computing.

The introduction of high-speed serial communication links and general purpose VLSI routers offers new opportunities in system design. C104 routers can be used to construct high throughput, low latency interconnection networks for use in telecommunications, parallel computers and electronic systems in general. The T9000 transputer with its integrated communication links can be connected directly to these networks, providing high performance data-handling, protocol conversion and network control. This text concentrates on aspects related to scaleable, general purpose, high-performance computing, low-latency message-passing and parallel processing.

The broadening of interest in parallel computing and transputers is reflected this book. Topics discussed include: concurrent programming; graphics and image processing; parallel applications; robotics; and control and software tools. The book also features a collection of abstracts of poster presentations.

Abstract Machine Models have played a profound though frequently unacknowledged role in the development of modern computing systems. They provide a precise definition of vital concepts, allow system complexity to be managed by providing appropriate views of the activity under consideration, enable reasoning about the correctness and quantitative performance of proposed problem solutions, and encourage communication through a common medium of expression. Abstract Models in Parallel and Distributed computing have a particularly important role in the development of contemporary systems, encapsulating and controlling an inherently high degree of complexity. The Parallel and Distributed computing communities have traditionally considered themselves to be separate. However, there is a significant contemporary interest in both of these communities in a common hardware model; a set of workstation-class machines connected by a high-performance network. The traditional Parallel/Distributed distinction therefore appears under threat.

Comprises discussions presented by leading international experts on the application of transputers. Coverage includes formalism, specifications and design, concurrent systems development, parallel algorithms, real time systems and applications.