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Foil 8 How do Real Parallel Computers Fit the Model?

From Designing and Building Parallel Programs I: Introduction DoD Modernization Tutorial -- 1995-1998. by Ian Foster, Gina Goff, Ehtesham Hayder, Chuck Koelbel
Major architecture types
  • Distributed memory MIMD
  • Shared memory MIMD
  • Distributed shared memory (DSM)
  • Workstation clusters and "metacomputers"
Model fits current architectures pretty well

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