A Token-Ring for the TRM

Abstract

With the design of the Token-Ring for the TRM (Tiny Register Machine) I pursued mainly two aims. The first is to design a network connecting several TRM cores. The second is to go for a design that is as simple as possible, considering that the TRM project is oriented towards educational hard- and software. Featuring a ring architecture, it provides a welcome alternative to the already existing bus architecture implemented by Ling Liu, allowing to compare complexity and performance.