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Foil 24 Real Parallel Computers Architectures

From CPS615-Introduction-Course,Driving Technology and HPCC Current Status and Futures CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox, (Some Culler, Koelbel material)
Major architecture types
  • Distributed memory MIMD
  • Shared memory MIMD
  • Distributed shared memory (DSM)
  • Workstation clusters and "metacomputers"
  • An older design SIMD where processors run in lockstep has fallen out of favor
Idealized Multicomputer Model fits current architectures pretty well

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