SBIR/STTR Research Award
OPTIMAL ADA PROCESSOR
Award amount
$49,980Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Eos Technologies Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE ADA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE OFFERS SOLUTIONS TO MANY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES BUT ALSO POSES NEW REQUIREMENTS TO THE PROCESSOR EXECUTING AN ADA PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ADA PRESENTS TO THE HOST COMPUTERS AND WILL EVALUATE FIVE CURRENT ARCHITECTURES IN LIGHT OF THESE REQUIREMENTS. THE PROCESSORS UNDER STUDY WILL BE: DEC VAX, MOTOROLA 68030, INTEL 80386, SUN SPARC, AND RATIONAL R1000. THIS PROJECT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CUSTOM PROCESSOR FAMILY TUNED FOR THE EXECUTION OF ADA PROGRAMS.
Technology keywords
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