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From: stiv@stat5.rice.edu (david n stivers)
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Subject: Re: Transputer?  Was: Re: request: implementation NN on CM / transputers
Keywords: transputer
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Date: 20 Mar 90 01:58:27 GMT
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>>Does anyone have any references or results about the implementation of
>>neural networks on the Connection Machine?  What about transputers?
>
>What are transputers?

These are CPU chips manufactured by Inmos, Ltd. (a UK firm) that have 4 I/O
ports and were designed specifically for use in building parallel computers.
A very popular implementation is on cards which reside inside a PC; the PC
acts as host (terminal/file server/compiler).
I believe that the majority use a distributed memory architecture.

david n stivers
stiv@rice.edu