DESIGN OF A MODULAR DIGITAL COMPUTER SYSTEM Phase 2 Report, 16 Bar. 1972 - 1 Bar. 1973

摘要

1. To provide a modular computer system which is responsive to many mission types and phases.n2. To achieve through modularity a higher computing capability than previously available for spaceborne application. A target of several million instructions per second has been chosen.n3. To provide the capability to choose to maximize reliability through the use of redundancy or to maximize processing capacity through multiprocessing. Moreover, this multi-mode capability must be dynamic;that is, a given system may alternate from one mode to another as a function of real-time requirements.n4. To maximize reliability in all applications through the incorporation of fault detection and recovery features and through the use of high reliability components.