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Foil 9 Distributed Memory MIMD Multiprocessor

From Designing and Building Parallel Programs I: Introduction DoD Modernization Tutorial -- 1995-1998. by Ian Foster, Gina Goff, Ehtesham Hayder, Chuck Koelbel
1 Multiple Instruction/Multiple Data
2 Processors with local memory connected by high-speed interconnection network
3 Typically high bandwidth, medium latency
4 Hardware support for remote memory access
5 Model breaks down when topology matters
6 Examples: Cray T3E, IBM SP
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