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MPP: A supersystem for satellite image processing
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/node/10423/87555-thumbnail.jpgIn 1971 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center initiated a program to develop high-speed image processing systems. These systems use thousands of processing elements (PE\u27s) operating simultaneously to achieve their speed (massive parallelism). A typical satellite image contains millions of picture elements (pixels) that can generally be processed in parallel. In 1979 a contract was awarded to construct a massively parallel processor (MPP) to be delivered in 1982. The processor has 16,896 PE\u27s arranged in a 128-row by 132-column rectangular array. The PE\u27s are in the array unit (Figure 1). Other major blocks in the massively parallel processor are the array control unit, the staging memory, the program and data management unit, and the interface to a host computer.</p
No. 10, The Gadding Vine, Fall 1982
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/markko_documents/23/thumbnail.jpgSummary of how the harsh winter of ’81-‘82 damaged vine buds and impacted the grape yields of Chardonnay, Riesling, and Cabernet Sauvignon. The vineyard slowly expands to cover future production losses due to winter damage. List of Ohio restaurants that carried Markko wines and recent wine medals received.. Explanation of Markko’s lot numbers stamped on the back label of the bottle.</p
No. 09, The Gadding Vine, Spring 1982
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/markko_documents/15/thumbnail.jpgDue to increase of demand, the price of Markko Vineyard wine increases. Concerns of shortages are addressed. Discussion on how Ohio wine industry leaders worked successfully with legislators on two pieces of legislation that have long-term benefits for the industry. List of recent wine awards received. Wine Notes Riesling Lot 012 and 014 released. Both are a dry, kabinett style, a light type of Reisling made from fully ripened grapes from the main harvest. Lot 014 has some residual sugar.</p
ICON Spring 1982
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Bit-Serial Parallel Processing Systems
No full textAbout a decade ago, a bit-serial parallel processing system STARAN was developed. It used standard integrated circuits that were available at that time. Now, with the availability of VLSI, a much greater processing capability can be packed in a unit volume. This has led to the recent development of two bit-serial parallel processing systems: an airborne associative processor and a ground based massively parallel processor. The airborne associative processor has about the same processing capability as a three cabinet STARAN system in a volume less than 0.5 cubic feet. The power required and weight are also reduced dramatically for the airborne environment.
The massively parallel processor has about 100 times the processing capability as the STARAN system in about the same volume. Floating point speeds are better than 100 MOPS (million operations per second). Integer arithmetic speeds depend on operand lengths--for 16 bit integers the speed is better than 3000 MOPS for addition and 450 MOPS for multiplication.
After presenting the basic rationale for bit-serial parallel processors, the organizations of the two recent systems are shown and some of their applications are outlined.</p
ICON Fall 1982
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Debonne Vineyards, 1982
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wineryne/31/thumbnail.jpgFirst, second, and third place winners at the first annual Hot Air Balloon Festival at Chalet Debonné.</p
ICON Fall 1981
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The Dean\u27s Letter (KSU Trumbull Campus)
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/node/10048/10082-thumbnail.jpgPublication of the Dean\u27s Office at the Kent State University Trumbull Campus. Edited by Public Information Services. Dated: Fall Semester 1981, No. 4</p
Occopodian 1981
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