MICROCOMPUTER-NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR RANGE INSTRUMENTATION APPLICATIONS

VLSI (VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION) TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO THE POINT WHERE SPECIAL PURPOSE PROCESSORS MAY BE CONCATENATED TO FORM SUPERCOMPUTERS WITH FASTER THROUGHPUT RATES THAN UNI-PROCESSOR MACHINES. CHO, INC. PROPOSES TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP A MULTI-PROCESSOR COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE FOR REAL-TIME DIGITAL FILTERING OF MULTI-SENSOR TRACKING DATA. THE ARCHITECTURE WILL BE OPTIMIZED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECENTRALIZED SQUARE ROOT INFORMATION FILTER (SRIF). PHASE I RESEARCH WILL DEMONSTRATE FEASIBILITY OF THE DECENTRALIZED SRIF AS A MEANS FOR SOLVING THE LINEAR LEAST SQUARES ESTIMATION PROBLEM IN DECENTRALIZED FORM. PHASE II RESEARCH WILL FOCUS UPON DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A PROTOTYPE DEVICE.