1. Clusters of 16/32 bit minicomputers in high energy physics experiments at CERN
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M. Ferran, D.A. Jacobs, Jessica Ogilvie, P. Bahler, J.O. Petersen, C. Eck, A. Bogaerts, H. Overas, and A. Lacourt
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Large Hadron Collider ,Data acquisition ,Hardware and Architecture ,Computer science ,law ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Multiprocessing ,32-bit ,Detectors and Experimental Techniques ,Particle detector ,Minicomputer ,law.invention ,Computational science - Abstract
A description is given of multiprocessor on-line systems, based on NORD computers, for large physics experiments at CERN. In complex experiments the data acquisition and control functions may be performed by different CPUs in a dual 16-bit NORD-100 computer system. Some configurations include a 32-bit NORD-50 processor, allowing large analysis programs to be implemented and executed in the on-line system. Several examples from currently running CERN physics experiments are given.
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- 1981