An Undergraduate Mac Hypercube Laboratory

这个项目为计算机科学系和数学系的学生开发了一个并发处理设施(超级立方体)。这个新的实验室通过提供超立方体拓扑、语言结构、实用程序、高斯消除、通信开销、完美并行和负载平衡方面的经验，为数值方法方面的课程和项目提供支持。关键设备包括一套由5台Apple Macintosh IIci电脑和AppleTalk组成的设备。这个基于Mac的超级立方体是根据加州理工学院开发的原型设计的，使用LocalTalk硬件和AppleTalk软件作为节点连接的媒介。由首席调查员所在机构提供的等额奖金将与此相匹配。

This project develops a concurrent processing facility (a hypercube) for students in the Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics. This new laboratory supports courses and projects in numerical methods by providing experience with Hypercube Topology, Language Constructs, Utilities, Gaussian Elimination, Commun- ication Overhead, Perfect Parallelism and Load Balancing. Key equipment includes an ensemble of 5 Apple Macintosh IIci computers and AppleTalk. This Mac-based hypercube is designed according to the prototype developed at Caltech using LocalTalk hardware and AppleTalk software as the medium for the nodal connections. The award is being matched by an equal amount from the principal investigator's institution.