Accession Number:

ADA021863

Title:

Pluribus Document 1: Overview

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN INC CAMBRIDGE MA

Personal Author(s):

• Ornstein, S. M.

Report Date:

1975-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

The Pluribus is a reliable, expandable, high bandwidth line of multi- resource computers originally developed for use as a switching node in the ARPA computer network. It can be configured with arbitrary amounts of memory and IO tailored to suit the application it is designed to survive failures and continue operation without human intervention even while repairs are in progress. This report, one of a set of nine volumes documenting the Pluribus line, provides a brief overview of the system as a whole. Author

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
• *MULTIPROCESSORS
• BUS CONDUCTORS
• CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTING
• HIGH RATE
• INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING
• MEMORY DEVICES
• NETWORKS
• PARALLEL PROCESSORS
• RELIABILITY
• SWITCHING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Hardware
• Computer Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE