Summary
- Transputer was a ground-breaking CPU architecture for parallel processing, however it didn’t quite make it at the time of its release.
- It was designed for concurrent programming and contained many simple CPUs that could be chained together.
- Its influence on modern CPU design can still be seen today and an emulator has been released for it in JavaScript.
- The emulator is capable of running the ray tracing example, however it is fairly slow.
- There are other options to emulate a Transputer and out perform the original, such as with a Raspberry Pi Pico.
- The article suggests users would like to see a GPU emulation, such as with CUDA.
By Al Williams
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