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A multiprocessor system is constructed based on the Transputer by INMOS. Each transputer has local memory for code and data and can exchange messages with other network members via its four high speed serial links. Communication and user application are programmed in OCCAM, a language designed to describe a system of concurrent processes. We present a method to solve combinatorial problems in parallel on a transputer network, i.e. we formulate a sequential branch-and-bound algorithm in such a way that — together with network management routines — it can be executed in parallel. To show the performance of our strategy a parallel version for the Vertex Cover Problem is implemented. Execution times and speedups obtained with a configuration of 32 transputers are discussed.
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Vornberger, O. (1988). Load balancing in a network of transputers. In: van Leeuwen, J. (eds) Distributed Algorithms. WDAG 1987. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 312. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0019799
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