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Comment by t312227

hello,

great collection of interesting links - kudos to all! :=)

idk ... but isn't the "general" architecture of most of our computers "von neumann"!?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture

but what i miss from the various lists, is the "transputer"-architecture / ecosystem from INMOS - a concept of heavily networked arrays of small cores from the 1980ties

about transputers

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transputer

about INMOS

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inmos

i had the possibility to take a look at a "real life" ATW - atari transputer workstation - back in the days at my university / CS department :))

mainly used with the Helios operating-system

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeliOS

to be programmed in occam

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam_(programming_language)

the "atari transputer workstation" ~ more or less a "smaller" atari mega ST as the "host node" connected to an (extendable) array of extension-cards containing the transputer-chips:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Transputer_Workstation

just my 0.02€

parent t312227 2 years ago

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