An architecture for time-critical distributed/parallel processing

Considers DP (distributed/parallel) Cy-Clone, which is a further development of previous work in the area of designing highly predictable real-time systems. DP Cy-Clone systems contain only architectures that have well controlled time behavior describable in terms of time increments (dT). The issues related to designing time-critical distributed/parallel real-time systems and the motivation for the properties of DP Cy-Clone are presented first. The generic architecture of a node and a distributed network of nodes is presented, followed by the introduction of one possible approach to a bus-based concrete architecture. Means of network expansion via connecting multiple clusters are presented. Finally, some potential areas of application are described.<>