Intelligent Cellular Systems: — A New Direction for Total System Design

Abstract

With the exception of the INMOS transputer, there has been little advancement in the area of developing the concept of the Intelligent Memory Computer. It seems that researchers have reached an “intellectual brickwall” in the design of these system, although such systems offer many solutions to hardware and software environmental problems associated with Database and Knowledge Applications. In this paper we hope to dismantle some of the intellectual brickwalls by considering a multi- access, or parallel access computer system. In particular we are concerned with engineering a “new wave” machine architecture targeted for fifth generation use, and not rely on the current practice of re-engineering of conventional uni-processor or bounded multi-processor machine architecture. We propose an architecture for Wafer Scale Integration suitable for use in fighting vehicles of various types, as well as in a wider range of application areas.