Study of parallel computing in a transputer based environment using INMOS C toolset

Abstract

This thesis builds upon the thesis work done by Mr. S. V. Chala, who simulated a control process on a transputer network using the INMOS Occam Toolset. Here, the hardware and software aspects of the parallel processing are presented, as well as their application in the control problem, using the pole placement technique. The hardware used is a network of T800 transputers and the supporting hardware, manufactured by the INMOS corporation. The software is the INMOS C TOOLSET, which incorporates a full ANSI C compiler that also supports parallel processing. Comparison is made between the serial and parallel versions of the same program. The parallel version of the simulation program is found to be faster than the serial version.