EngineeringComputer ScienceComputer SystemsComputer ArchitectureHardware-software Co-designMultiprocessor SystemsProcessor Core DesignProcessor MicroarchitectureComputer OrganizationHardware-software Integration
In the Summer of 1971 a project was initiated at CMU to design the hardware and software for a multi-processor computer system using minicomputer processors (i.e., PDP-11's). This paper briefly describes an overview (only) of the goals, design, and status of this hardware/software complex, and indicates some of the research problems raised and analytic problems solved in the course of its construction.
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William A. Wulf, David Russell, A. N. Habermann · Communications of the ACM · 1971 · 226 citations · Full text
A multiprocessor system design
Melvin E. Conway · 1963 · 176 citations · Full text