MIMD computing in the USA - 1984

Abstract This paper is a survey of proposed and existing multi-instruction stream computers (MIMD) in the U.S.A., carried out in the summer of 1984. A broad classification of MIMD computers is proposed, and the computers are discussed in this framework. Brief details are given of the architecture and performance (when known) of each machine, together with references to the principal published papers.

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