HORN-6 special-purpose clustered computing system for electroholography

Special Purpose Parallel Computing

A vast amount of work has been done in recent years on the design, analysis, implementation and veriication of special purpose parallel computing systems. This paper presents a survey of various aspects of this work. A long, but by no means complete, bibliography is given.

A General-Purpose Heterogeneous Distributed Computing System

Special-Purpose Nickel Alloys

NICKEL-BASE ALLOYS have a number of unique properties, or combinations of properties, that allow them to be used in a variety of specialized applications. For example, the high resistivity (resistance to flow of electricity) and heat resistance of nickel-chromium alloys lead to their use as electric resistance heating elements. The soft magnetic properties of nickel-iron alloys are employed in ...

A framework for testing special-purpose memories

Current memory testing methods rely on fault models that are inadequate to accurately represent potential defects that occur in modern, often specialized, memories. To remedy this, the authors present a formal framework for modeling and testing special-purpose memories. Their approach uses three models: the transistor circuit, the event-sequence model, and finite-state machines. The methodology...

Special Purpose Architectures for Real-Time Imaging

Architectures can be customized at different levels. At the first level is a design of a special-purpose system by the employment of available blocks, such as Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), programmable devices, multiple port memories, which are integrated into an innovative architectural solution. A more complex level is the customization of the architecture down to the IC level, which in g...