Basic HTML version of Foils prepared May 7 1996
| Vary greatly in complexity: |
| small machine with a handful of processors on one circuit board. |
| larger machines might have many thousands of complex processors connected by a number of specialised communications networks contained in many cabinets. |
| Basically, any parallel computer consists of three main elements: |
| Processors |
| Memories |
| Interconnection network to enable communication between these elements. |