R& D reports controller chips, such as Intel's 82786 and the Texas Instruments 34010, are true microprocessors running in parallel with a CPU. This paper discusses how to program with these devices.
A review of the new generation of memory management units.
Microprocessors
Molau, G E
Heberlein, L
'Plotting curves and data with microcomputers' J. Pascal, Ada, Modula-2 Vol 5 No 5 (September/ October 1986) pp 5-45
'A programmer's view of IBM's PC RT chip' CompuL Language Vol 3 No 10 (October 1986) pp 41-46
Presents a general-purpose curve and data point plotter package, written in modular form in Microsoft PASCAL,to run on IBM PCs and compatibles. A 35-page program listing is included.
Nelson, R 'Programming on the 80386' Dr Dobb's J. Software Tools Vol 11 No 10 (October 1986) pp 28-39 Discusses native-mode operation and performance considerations for the 80386.
Memo~ Multiprocessors Bond, l '32-bit micros advance art of memory management' Comput. Des. Vol 25 No 19 (15 October 1986) pp 2.1-30
'Concurrent programming tools for the MuTeam multimicroprocessor system' Int. J. Mini Microcomput. Vol 8 No 3 (1986) pp 70-75
Baiardi, F, De Francesco, N, Ricci, L, Tomasis, A, Vaglini, G and Vanneschi, M
Gaglianello, R D and Katseff, H P 'Communications
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Meg!os'
Software Pract. Experience Vol 16 No 10 (October 1986) pp 945-963 Meglos is a message-based user programming environment for multiprocessors. It is at present implemented on a system of up to twelve 68000-based single-board computers, controlled by the Meglos kernel, and aVax running under Unix. Interconnection is via S/Net. Meglos communications primitives are based on symmetric channels that are independently flow controlled. Double-ended, multicast and unicast channels are used. Example applications given are a VLSI circuit simulator and two-dimensional fast Fourier transformation.