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'''SMS 201''',<br/>
a structured multiprocessor system (SMS) designed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens Siemens] during the late 70s, using an [[Array|array]] of 128 [[8080]] 8-bit processors with 20 KiB of [[Memory|memory]] each to employ a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMD MIMD] technique of parallelism. The system, successor of the SMS 101 <ref>[http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober], [http://www.it-speicher.de/Gruenderfoerderung/116811-574-40_jahre_informatik_an_der_ostbayerisch_technischen_hochschule_oth_regensburg,1,0.html Herbert Kopp], [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/christian-kuznia Christian Kuznia] ('''1976'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0303126876900109 SMS 101 — A structured multimicroprocessor system with deadlock-free operation scheme]''. [http://journals2.scholarsportal.info/browse?uri=/03031268 Euromicro Newsletter], Vol. 2, No. 2</ref>, is based on a 1976 patent by Siemens employees Rudolf Kober, Herbert Kopp, and Christian Kuznia <ref>[https://www.google.com/patents/CA1094188A?cl=en&hl=en Patent CA1094188A1 - Multiprocessor system - Google Patents]</ref> and comprises a control computer and an array of individual computers which cooperate under control of a process which establishes a three phase operation. In a control phase only the control computer operates, executes its program and informs the individual computers which function they must carry out during the next phase, called the autonomous phase. In this phase the individual computers simultaneously and independently fulfill their assigned functions and report completion thereof to the control computer. Finally, a communication phase is utilized for a data exchange between the computers.
=Block Diagram=
[[FILE:SMS201.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=https://www.lens.org/lens/patent/CA_1094188_A]]
Block Circuit diagram <ref>[https://www.lens.org/lens/patent/CA_1094188_A Multiprocessor System] - [http://www.lens.org/lens/ The Lens]</ref>
=SMS in Computer Chess=
Christian Kuznia elaborated on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany West German] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Education_and_Research_%28Germany%29 BMBF] government-funded SMS concept at a workshop of the [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMD-Forschungszentrum_Informationstechnik Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD)] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn Bonn], November 14, 1979, with [[Konrad Zuse]] et al. attending, and mentioned computer chess as one application of parallel computing <ref>[http://www.computerwoche.de/a/gmd-absehied-von-der-hardware-forschung,1194602 Experten-Workshop über Arbeiten deutscher Rechner-Spezialisten:: GMD: Abschied von der Hardware-Forschung?], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]], July 12, 1979 (German)</ref>.
=Parwell=
In cooperation of Siemens with the [[Technical University of Munich]], a chess program for the SMS 201 was developed by three students, [[Thomas Nitsche]], [[Elmar Henne]] and [[Wolfram Wolff]] - [[Parwell]], which performed a [[Parallel Search|distributed search]] and played the [[ECCC 1979|Second European Computer Chess Championship]] <ref>[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/ii-europaeische-schachcomputermeisterschaft-parwell-und-elsa-als-elektronische-vertreter-deutschlands,1193707 II. Europäische Schachcomputermeisterschaft: "Parwell" und "Elsa" als elektronische Vertreter Deutschlands], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] , September 14, 1979 (German)</ref> <ref>[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/partie-rasputin-parwell-sms-201,1194246 Partie: Rasputin - Parwell (SMS 201)], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]], November 02, 1979 (German)</ref> to qualify for [[WCCC 1980|Third World Computer Chess Championship]], 1980, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz Linz] <ref>[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/analogfunktion-unterstuetzt-brutale-gewalt,1190993 Dritte Weltmeisterschaft der Schachcomputer in Linz:: Analogfunktion unterstützt "brutale Gewalt"], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]], October 24, 1980 (German)</ref>.
=See also=
* [[FPGA]]
* [[GPU]]
* [[Parwell]]
=Publications=
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober] ('''1976'''). ''A fast Communication Processor for the SMS Multimicroprocessor System''. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/second-euromicro-symposium-on-microprocessing-and-microprogramming-october-12-14-1976-venice-papers/oclc/2875776 Euromicro Symposium on Microprocessing and Microprogramming]
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober] ('''1977'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=680830&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel4%2F5585%2F14957%2F00680830 The Multiprocessor System SMS 201 Combining 128 Microprocessors To A Powerful Computer]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens Siemens AG]
* [http://www.it-speicher.de/Gruenderfoerderung/116811-574-40_jahre_informatik_an_der_ostbayerisch_technischen_hochschule_oth_regensburg,1,0.html Herbert Kopp] ('''1977'''). ''Numerical Weather Forecast with the Multimicroprocessor System SMS 201''. [http://books.google.de/books/about/Parallel_computers_parallel_mathematics.html?id=d1EZAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y IMACS-GI-Symposium on Parallel Computers and Parallel Mathematics], [[Technical University of Munich]]
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/christian-kuznia Christian Kuznia], [http://www.it-speicher.de/Gruenderfoerderung/116811-574-40_jahre_informatik_an_der_ostbayerisch_technischen_hochschule_oth_regensburg,1,0.html Herbert Kopp] ('''1977'''). ''A Model for Process Communication in Parallel Processor Systems''. [http://books.google.de/books/about/Parallel_computers_parallel_mathematics.html?id=d1EZAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y IMACS-GI-Symposium on Parallel Computers and Parallel Mathematics], [[Technical University of Munich]]
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober] ('''1979'''). ''[http://www.researchgate.net/publication/239421493_SMS_201__A_powerfull_parallel_processor_with_128_microprocessors SMS 201 — A powerfull parallel processor with 128 microprocessors]''. [http://journals2.scholarsportal.info/browse?uri=/03031268 Euromicro Newsletter], Vol. 5, No. 1
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bb2606 Bruno Braunleder], [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober] ('''1981'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0141933181905810 Parallel processing with an array of microcomputers]''. [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/microprocessors-and-microsystems/ Microprocessors and Microsystems], Vol.5, NO. 6
=External Links=
* [https://www.google.com/patents/CA1094188A?cl=en&hl=en Patent CA1094188A1 - Multiprocessor system - Google Patents]
* [https://www.lens.org/lens/patent/CA_1094188_A Multiprocessor System] - [http://www.lens.org/lens/ The Lens]
* [http://www.computerwoche.de/a/gmd-absehied-von-der-hardware-forschung,1194602 Experten-Workshop über Arbeiten deutscher Rechner-Spezialisten:: GMD: Abschied von der Hardware-Forschung?], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]], July 12, 1979 (German) » [[Konrad Zuse]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Hardware|Up one Level]]'''
'''SMS 201''',<br/>
a structured multiprocessor system (SMS) designed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens Siemens] during the late 70s, using an [[Array|array]] of 128 [[8080]] 8-bit processors with 20 KiB of [[Memory|memory]] each to employ a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMD MIMD] technique of parallelism. The system, successor of the SMS 101 <ref>[http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober], [http://www.it-speicher.de/Gruenderfoerderung/116811-574-40_jahre_informatik_an_der_ostbayerisch_technischen_hochschule_oth_regensburg,1,0.html Herbert Kopp], [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/christian-kuznia Christian Kuznia] ('''1976'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0303126876900109 SMS 101 — A structured multimicroprocessor system with deadlock-free operation scheme]''. [http://journals2.scholarsportal.info/browse?uri=/03031268 Euromicro Newsletter], Vol. 2, No. 2</ref>, is based on a 1976 patent by Siemens employees Rudolf Kober, Herbert Kopp, and Christian Kuznia <ref>[https://www.google.com/patents/CA1094188A?cl=en&hl=en Patent CA1094188A1 - Multiprocessor system - Google Patents]</ref> and comprises a control computer and an array of individual computers which cooperate under control of a process which establishes a three phase operation. In a control phase only the control computer operates, executes its program and informs the individual computers which function they must carry out during the next phase, called the autonomous phase. In this phase the individual computers simultaneously and independently fulfill their assigned functions and report completion thereof to the control computer. Finally, a communication phase is utilized for a data exchange between the computers.
=Block Diagram=
[[FILE:SMS201.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=https://www.lens.org/lens/patent/CA_1094188_A]]
Block Circuit diagram <ref>[https://www.lens.org/lens/patent/CA_1094188_A Multiprocessor System] - [http://www.lens.org/lens/ The Lens]</ref>
=SMS in Computer Chess=
Christian Kuznia elaborated on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany West German] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Education_and_Research_%28Germany%29 BMBF] government-funded SMS concept at a workshop of the [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMD-Forschungszentrum_Informationstechnik Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD)] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn Bonn], November 14, 1979, with [[Konrad Zuse]] et al. attending, and mentioned computer chess as one application of parallel computing <ref>[http://www.computerwoche.de/a/gmd-absehied-von-der-hardware-forschung,1194602 Experten-Workshop über Arbeiten deutscher Rechner-Spezialisten:: GMD: Abschied von der Hardware-Forschung?], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]], July 12, 1979 (German)</ref>.
=Parwell=
In cooperation of Siemens with the [[Technical University of Munich]], a chess program for the SMS 201 was developed by three students, [[Thomas Nitsche]], [[Elmar Henne]] and [[Wolfram Wolff]] - [[Parwell]], which performed a [[Parallel Search|distributed search]] and played the [[ECCC 1979|Second European Computer Chess Championship]] <ref>[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/ii-europaeische-schachcomputermeisterschaft-parwell-und-elsa-als-elektronische-vertreter-deutschlands,1193707 II. Europäische Schachcomputermeisterschaft: "Parwell" und "Elsa" als elektronische Vertreter Deutschlands], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] , September 14, 1979 (German)</ref> <ref>[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/partie-rasputin-parwell-sms-201,1194246 Partie: Rasputin - Parwell (SMS 201)], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]], November 02, 1979 (German)</ref> to qualify for [[WCCC 1980|Third World Computer Chess Championship]], 1980, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz Linz] <ref>[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/analogfunktion-unterstuetzt-brutale-gewalt,1190993 Dritte Weltmeisterschaft der Schachcomputer in Linz:: Analogfunktion unterstützt "brutale Gewalt"], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]], October 24, 1980 (German)</ref>.
=See also=
* [[FPGA]]
* [[GPU]]
* [[Parwell]]
=Publications=
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober] ('''1976'''). ''A fast Communication Processor for the SMS Multimicroprocessor System''. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/second-euromicro-symposium-on-microprocessing-and-microprogramming-october-12-14-1976-venice-papers/oclc/2875776 Euromicro Symposium on Microprocessing and Microprogramming]
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober] ('''1977'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=680830&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel4%2F5585%2F14957%2F00680830 The Multiprocessor System SMS 201 Combining 128 Microprocessors To A Powerful Computer]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens Siemens AG]
* [http://www.it-speicher.de/Gruenderfoerderung/116811-574-40_jahre_informatik_an_der_ostbayerisch_technischen_hochschule_oth_regensburg,1,0.html Herbert Kopp] ('''1977'''). ''Numerical Weather Forecast with the Multimicroprocessor System SMS 201''. [http://books.google.de/books/about/Parallel_computers_parallel_mathematics.html?id=d1EZAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y IMACS-GI-Symposium on Parallel Computers and Parallel Mathematics], [[Technical University of Munich]]
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/christian-kuznia Christian Kuznia], [http://www.it-speicher.de/Gruenderfoerderung/116811-574-40_jahre_informatik_an_der_ostbayerisch_technischen_hochschule_oth_regensburg,1,0.html Herbert Kopp] ('''1977'''). ''A Model for Process Communication in Parallel Processor Systems''. [http://books.google.de/books/about/Parallel_computers_parallel_mathematics.html?id=d1EZAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y IMACS-GI-Symposium on Parallel Computers and Parallel Mathematics], [[Technical University of Munich]]
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober] ('''1979'''). ''[http://www.researchgate.net/publication/239421493_SMS_201__A_powerfull_parallel_processor_with_128_microprocessors SMS 201 — A powerfull parallel processor with 128 microprocessors]''. [http://journals2.scholarsportal.info/browse?uri=/03031268 Euromicro Newsletter], Vol. 5, No. 1
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bb2606 Bruno Braunleder], [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/rudolf-kober Rudolf Kober] ('''1981'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0141933181905810 Parallel processing with an array of microcomputers]''. [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/microprocessors-and-microsystems/ Microprocessors and Microsystems], Vol.5, NO. 6
=External Links=
* [https://www.google.com/patents/CA1094188A?cl=en&hl=en Patent CA1094188A1 - Multiprocessor system - Google Patents]
* [https://www.lens.org/lens/patent/CA_1094188_A Multiprocessor System] - [http://www.lens.org/lens/ The Lens]
* [http://www.computerwoche.de/a/gmd-absehied-von-der-hardware-forschung,1194602 Experten-Workshop über Arbeiten deutscher Rechner-Spezialisten:: GMD: Abschied von der Hardware-Forschung?], [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]], July 12, 1979 (German) » [[Konrad Zuse]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Hardware|Up one Level]]'''
