Presently, when intellectual systems are being established, the solutions to certain logical problems are considered without any limitations concerning the periods of implementation, the resource and mass-dimensional specifications of the equipment, as well as its operation terms. Being so, numerous practically important intellectual components, intended for functioning as a part of the operational control systems and digital automation devices, fall out of the vision field. Therefore, this paper is aimed at determination of the design peculiarities of the intellectual modules of the above systems, which are capable of taking into account the time factor, as well as functioning in the conditions of the really existing resources and other limitations. Distribution of functions for information processing between the software-hardware and the personnel of the system is an original solution of the set problem. By using the logical and mathematical control model a list of the most widespread options of functions' distribution and a list of algorithms were formed for the use in the intellectual components of highly productive systems. Engineering approaches were proposed for assessment of the specifications of the processors, operational systems, software and information processing technologies, when the time factor is taken into account and prerequisites are provided for functioning of the intellectual modules in the conditions of limited resources.