A cellular processor for task assignments in polymorphic, multiprocessor computers
Judith A. Anderson, G. Jack Lipovski · 1972
Polymorphic computer systems are comprised of a large number of hardware devices such as memory modules, processors, various input/output devices, etc., which can be combined or connected in a number of ways by a controller to form one or several computers to handle a variety of jobs or tasks. Task assignment and resource allocation in computer networks and polymorphic computer systems are currently being handled by software. It is the intent of this paper to present a cellular processor which can be used for scheduling and controlling a polymorphic computer network, freeing some of the processor time for more important functions. (See Figure 1.)