The MESH research group at the University of Illinois is currently designing a network of mini-computers. Extensions allowing some of the machines making up this network to be dynamically microprogrammable are proposed. These microprogrammable machines will be able to be reconfigured into specialized processors designed to run specific jobs efficiently. Modifications to the network operating system required by this extension are examined, and an example of a job that could be run on the system is given.
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