| Amorphous and Cellular Computing |
31 AUG 2001 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Harold Abelson; Gerald J. Sussman; Thomas F. Knight Jr; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LAB
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 | The objective of this research is to create the architectural, algorithmic, and technological foundations for exploiting programmable materials. These are materials that incorporate vast numbers of programmable elements that react to each other and to their environment. Such materials can be fabricated economically, provided that the computing elements are amassed in bulk without arranging for precision interconnect and testing. In order to exploit programmable materials we must identify engineering principles ... |
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| Critical Problems in Very Large Scale Computer Systems |
31 MAR 89 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Penfield Jr.; Anant Agarwal; William J. Dally; Srinivas Devadas; Thomas F. Knight Jr; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE MICROSYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER
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| The research vehicle for this contract is the largest p ossible computer that could be conceived for the mid to late 1990s. The technical challenges of such a machine serve as the guiding stimulus for the research carried out and reported here. We imagine this machine to occupy a 14-story building, to cost upwards of $1,000,000,000 and to be so colossal that the nation could only afford one or two ... |
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| Critical Problems in Very Large Scale Computer Systems |
30 SEP 88 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Penfield Jr.; Anant Agarwal; William J. Dally; Srinivas Devadas; Thomas F. Knight Jr; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE MICROSYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER
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| The research vehicle for this contract is the largest possible computer that could be conceived for the mid to late 1990s. The technical challenges of such a machine serve as the guiding stimulus for the research carried out and reported here. We imagine this machine to occupy a 14-story building, to cost upwards of $1,000,000,000, and to be so colossal that the nation can only afford one or two of ... |
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| Critical Problems in Very Large Scale Computer Systems |
31 MAR 88 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Penfield Jr.; Anant Agarwal; William J. Dally; Lance A. Glasser; Thomas F. Knight Jr; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE MICROSYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER
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| This is the first semiannual report on this contract. The purpose of the present contract is to investigate limiting technologies for a very large computer system, one which, if built during the mid 1990's, would be so large that the nation could only afford one or two of them. The purpose of this contract is to investigate plausibility, which is defined as the step before feasibility. Once plausibility is demonstrated, ... |
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