A Cost Effective Parallel Processing Laboratory

该项目寻求在犹他州立大学计算机科学系建立一个并行编程实验室。该实验室将被用来加强本科课程，直接支持一门新的并行编程课程的实践经验。此外，该实验室将加强操作系统、图形学、数字信号处理和人工智能方面的现有课程，扩大对这些学科中并行处理主题的覆盖。所需的实验室设备包括四(4)台经济而又通用的并行处理工作站；每台由一台AT级微型计算机主机和一个由六(6)台运行逻辑系统C的基于Transputer的并行处理器组成的子系统组成。每台工作站允许学生用高级语言编写并行例程，加载和控制网络节点的执行，提供网络I/O，并从AT主机控制台重新配置网络拓扑。

This project seeks to establish a parallel-programming laboratory at the Department of Computer Science of Utah State University. The laboratory will be utilized to strengthen the undergraduate program by directly supporting hands-on experience in a new parallel-programming course. In addition, the laboratory will strengthen existing courses in operating systems, graphics, digital signal processing, and artificial intelligence by allowing enhanced coverage of a parallel- processing topics in these disciplines. The laboratory equipment requested consists of four (4) economical yet versatile parallel-processing workstations; each consisting of an AT- class microcomputer host and a subsystem of six (6) Transputer-based parallel processors running Logical Systems C. Each workstation allows students to program parallel routines in a high-level language, load and control network node execution, provide network I/O, and reconfigure network topology from the AT host console.