A parallel multicomputer simulation system

In this paper, a homogenous parallel simulation system is presented in detail for continuous-system simulation. The system is constructed by a host computer and 11 transputers connected into a topology of “Super-Node” which is very suitable for simulation of stiff systems. An automatic software interface run in the host is developed to partition simulation model, either equations or block diagrams, into several equitable segments and then pack them into parallel simulation program to be executed in the parallel system. This interface frees simulation users from parallel programming to focus on their simulation experiments.