Real Parallel Computers Architectures

• 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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