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tA!XIl'l1nll units IRIUsl am ocller prooeesors
(Tnnsp.lterl tbro.lgb U.nlt adapter ( Il1rc8
COUI 1b8 c:xmrunicate vith the
hart IIOllaitatial tbro.lgb li.Nc o. It uses
c:t>jec:t file gonexated by The
CCI!pltatl.alal !ntegeratial tl1l8 provide higll
reliability, ._atability lnl1 safety to
t.ranllp.ltllri8ec! IIOllaitatia>.
t . JIAKI)IWUI liiiCIDIDitDICl [21
1b8 of wodcstatl.cln
"""" t O<" precessing at 400 )(II 1Ub8tatia> shall
-ny "" Cbol Un!, uoting or
acq.Urecl data in less than cxm.:c1 lC>OP Un!.
c:x:m.lnJo.ls a.g>ly ot electticiry , lunm and
EI1Vircnrental safety and to 1llin!Jnia
1.,.... - damlge. ot the
processing S)'SteiiS are 1:ase0 a> the recllrxlancy
pttM.dec1 by seccn2 or thim prooeoorK 1!8ldn3 a
uniprooeosOl" to iD'prolle reliability, aateey an2
ava!!ability. A proc:esaing lnl1 CCI!pltatl.alal
systen e<1g'1neel:ed shall have, therefore,
facility Of :
( 11 tault det.ectia>.
(21 tault isolatia> (reoa>figuratl.clnl
(JI w, tault oo<rect lm {reooYOryl
It ia !Jrpxtanl: that a processing lnl1
CCI!pltatl.alal systen p&'foms the """""' three
tunctiavl within the systen fault tolerance
tiaw. l'lult <lecec:tla> is the ocmer-at.ale ot a
fault tol.erllrL sysum as fault will
Deller be oorrec:ted. F.lul.t ioolatim la l.Jrpxu.nt
Of the l:8l'alni.ng ports lllll.dl have lOX fallecl .
nua t"'"""'ter ..- for processing lnl1
OCJlPltatl.ollol system can using,
1 ll Single or 1 J.J.) nw transt:utar
at t!l'li!I9Y managerent: centre .
Single transputer: The basic block
of a single system are CI'U, RAM, 101
' I/0 I!D)Jles. fllult <leceCtia> am c:orrectim
CXIIIe11l9t for these WIIX>WlU J.a d:uined by
a<l<2ing a tiJrer pttxe>S (Natcll dOg I in porallel
vith the user applicat..lall. 10 raiae fault
CXIIIe11l9t ........, tunher Un! recllrxlancy shall be
uae:s. AUQ, a pu: essoz: Mlr tMe IU8't. te
- 1ll1.a test ptogtllll ruming in parallel
with the car lm aDI2 the """""' renei<:ne<1
t!Jiu process vill be perl.allcally.
Ita results will be vith a value Jcnown
in aGvance. By adding eoctra reourdant bits to
the IIOIII:loty """""'it is pcesl.bl.e to cletect both
tranaienl: & RAM faults lnl1 pcesl.bl.y
to wttec:t thEm. A big c2isadvant.age ot a single
tnii1IIP-It.er system is that no spare pan is
available to replace the tall! process.
Dua1 tr&Daput er ayat .. : Transputer
for t!l'li!I9Y ....._,e>t fl.onct.1als ahall
be - clesi!Jll!d to ..,..... that it
J.a ava.Uable to operator/ IJ'fSUIZI ..-.pneer
all the 1o.1r11 aDI2 Un!. 1ll1.a can be
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FIG. 1
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IILOOK DtAORAM OF TAAH8PUTEAIMO
WORJ<8TATION
TI'AM t.loi I 1
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adlieYa:l by the S)lllt<m ue1rlJ n.w
Uai"P
1
t4!T8 viz. me of Uditiper f\n:%.i.a'e
nomal.ly llt\ile the other mminn aa a
'll'le bad< '-" tnnspJter can be either
in old ...... or """ bad<-... ao:le as spare sen
to talco arcrol in case oL an '"'""*"ectli>le
tault . A hoc cxnfi9U"atitn
,_ - I!C8t perfect fault CXM>t'l9" (hlgh
availability - higll aafety). The "'"'"'"'"' of
fwr lligh cpoocl, oori.al. li.nlcs in are
\1900 to II'OGt tho of a hlgh speed
ccmrun1catla> the """ .,.......,oar, Figure
3 . shows tho basic dual t.ransp.lter etl\ICtu:e
tor oolcl, vam an2 hoc back-up. Figuro 4 ahcw8
the <1lal transplter systsn with acting bade-up.
4 .1 nATVUIS aDcl IIZIUTS
..... katatia'l has the f ollowing
featuree 1n11 ..,rita:
1. No cipoelthe l oading '"' a<l<2ing
aclcl.itl.alal TlanstAlter M:Glle.
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