I’ve setup a discord for people interested in the #Inmos #Transputer here https://discord.gg/hFuV7CAWAD

Just wondering if I should start a dedicated #inmos #transputer discord server?
Would anyone join?

Транспьютеры — революция многопроцессорных систем, которой не случилось

В самом начале 80-х годов двадцатого столетия, как и много раз в более поздние годы, возникло мнение, что обычные процессоры достигли предела своей производительности. Тогда, по крайней мере, к этому имелись все предпосылки: имевшиеся на тот момент технологии уже не позволяли разместить больше логических схем на одном кристалле. Традиционные компьютеры с архитектурой CISC приблизились к пределу своих вычислительных возможностей, и было неясно, можно ли его преодолеть. Именно тогда на свет появились транспьютеры — чипы с принципиально новой архитектурой, которую сразу же окрестили научно-техническим прорывом, революционной разработкой и будущим компьютерных технологий. О самих транспьютерах и о том, как сложилась их судьба — наш сегодняшний рассказ.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/serverspace/articles/844638/

#Транспьютер #INMOS #Ян_Бэррон #Elliott_803 #Modular_One #MISC #oslink #Occam #CSP

The sheer level of #retrocomputing nerdery. Now I've got books about Transputers. #Transputer #Inmos #Transputers

Transputer.net
http://transputer.net/
#ycombinator #documentation #archive #pdf #software #hardware #helios #project #transputer #inmos #m212 #t212 #t222 #t225 #t400 #t414 #t425 #t426 #t800 #t801 #t805 #t9000

I'm rather pleased with My First Transputer module (and my first 4-layer pcb, and first manufactured one after hand-etching for nearly 40 years). Module passes the Hello World test. Will have to wait to test the RAM, which will be easiest with a B004(-compatible) board and ispy/mtest.

This will connect to a Z80-based system later, as a small network (PCBWay sent me more than I ordered, so no choice there).

#transputer #inmos #pcb #pcbway

Thinking about #Inmos

Eine Kombo, die ich nicht erwartet hätte. #Transputer und #DDR.

2 #Inmos #T800 Prototypen-Boards mit Chips aus aller Welt.

Sogar die berühmten 1Mbit-Ram-Chips wurden verbaut.

#WolfgangRobel #Zerobrain #Schnapspralinen

https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=wnO0r-MIdto

At least with #occam and the rest of the tools from #INMOS, transputers are also programmed in the "bee" way rather than the "hive" way. What makes occam and transputers special is that they were built to be bees from the start! The computer and software architectures that underlie most cloud systems evolved from settings where there was only ever one computer: sometimes a large, expensive minicomputer that hosted multiple users, other times a desktop PC that was kept running overnight to do various server-like duties. The facilities that let multiple computers work together were added _post hoc_, and it shows. Local threads of one program share data in a way that differs from how separate programs on the same machine share data, which is different to how programs on separate computers share data --- and so on. Some programmers' aids like libraries and frameworks try to hide this complexity, but you can always feel the ancient rivets and seams underneath the shiny new wallpaper. (2/3)

So after a quick search I found some details about the #newport #fab. Built by #inmos , currently working at 180nm to 700 nm. When I started working in semiconductors, we were moving to 150 (20 years ago). I see Wikipedia has a list of semiconductor fabrication plants, need to track down my uncles old company. https://www.ipcei-me.eu/newport-wafer-fab/

A mahoosive PNG of all microprocessors ever - and crowdsourced! So anyone could add the missing ones: #ferranti and #inmos for example. Go #transputer!

@zwangseinweisung