THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE STEPS INVOLVED IN SCOPING AND PERFORMING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A MULTI-MICRO-COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING ELECTRONIC (OR OTHER) SUBSYSTEMS IN REAL TIME IN A MODULAR, EXPANDABLE AND INEXPENSIVE FASHION.

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE STEPS INVOLVED IN SCOPING AND PERFORMING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A MULTI-MICRO-COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING ELECTRONIC (OR OTHER) SUBSYSTEMS IN REAL TIME IN A MODULAR, EXPANDABLE AND INEXPENSIVE FASHION. THE PHASE I STUDY EFFORT IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO A PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT WITH SPECIFIC SELECTED APPLICATIONS IMPLEMENTED IN SOFTWARE FOR FEASIBILITYDEMONSTRATION. THE PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART IN MULTI-COMPUTER SIMULATION SYSTEMS, EXPLAINING THE THREE BASIC TYPES OF STRUCTURES AND CHOOSING THE MULTIPLE-INSTRUCTION-MULTIPLE-DATA STREAM (MIMD) ARCHITECTURE AS MOSTS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS APPLICATION. CURRENT MIMD APPROACHES ARE DISCUSSED AS WELL AS RECOMMENDED CONCEPTS TO BE EXPLORED FOR THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM.