SBIR/STTR Research Award
INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURES FOR DENSE MULTI-MICROPROCESSOR COMPUTER
Award amount
$469,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Expert-ease Systems
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FAMILY OF MULTI-MICROPROCESSOR COMPUTERS. THESE COMPUTERS WILL YIELD SUPERCOMPUTER PERFORMANCE, BUT AT A MUCH LOWER COST AND WITH GREATER USABILITY. THE PROPOSAL IS BASED UPON DERIVINGA FAMILY OF "CHORDAL RING" COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES. THESE ARCHITECTURES ARE SUPERIOR TO THOSE USED IN OTHER COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE COMPUTERS SUCH AS THE "HYPERCUBE" UPON WHICH INTEL'S IPSC IS BASED. CHORDAL RING COMPUTERS WILL PROVIDE 50 TIMES THE POWER OF A VAX-11/780 AT ABOUT THREE TIMES THE COST OF THE VAX.
Technology keywords
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