Complexity Digest 2007.13 - 16.02

26-Mar-2007

Raytheon Develops World's First Polymorphic Computer, Military Embedded Systems Bookmark and Share

Excerpts: The world's first computers whose architecture can adopt different forms depending on their application have been developed by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN).

Dubbed MONARCH (Morphable Networked Micro-Architecture) and developed to address the large data volume of sensor systems as well as their signal and data processing throughput requirements, it is the most adaptable processor ever built for the Department of Defense, reducing the number of processor types required.