Supercomputing with transputers

An overview of large-scale applications of transputers is presented in the context of the Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputing Project. This is built around a Meiko Computing Surface, with presently some 400 floating-point transputers and 1.7 Gbytes of memory. The first part of the paper gives an overview of the Project's origins and status and describes experience gained in providing a multi-user service. The second part gives examples of applications which are able to exploit effectively this processing power. Tools which facilitate the use of the machine for large-scale computation and visualisation are also briefly described.