The Hardware and Software Architecture of the Transputer

The Transputer was a microprocessor too far ahead of its time. Update the clock speeds, and the architecture would be impressive today. It was a actually a microcomputer, having a cpu, memory, and I/O on one chip. External logic required was minimal. Large arrays of Transputers were easily implemented. However, like many advanced technological artifacts, it was hard to understand. It took a while to get used to the software approach. The tools were difficult to use. In fact, the software ap...