Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcnc!decwrl!ucbvax!ph.surrey.ac.uk!phpgdrk From: phpgdrk@ph.surrey.ac.uk (D R K Rao) Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer Subject: Re: Dynamic Reconfiguration ?? Message-ID: <13046.9103131827@Zaphod.ph.surrey.ac.uk> Date: 13 Mar 91 18:27:14 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 11 Madhan, It seems to me that you are trying to differentiate between software and hardware reconfiguration. AS far as I understand things people generally refer to the hardware reconfiguration. >From ehat I have seen some systems have crossbar switches which can be controlled via software i.e. you are using to change the software to change the hardware connections. Nice but perhaps you have a tradeoff in response time? Any comments from anybody else? Ramesh