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Foil 31 Hadrian's Wall Illustrates that the Topology of Processor Must Include Topology of Problem

From New CPS615 Foils 25 March95 CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 95. by Geoffrey C. Fox

Hadrian's Wall is one dimensional

Humans represent a flexible processor node that can be arranged in different ways for different problems

The lesson for computing is:

Original MIMD machines used a hypercube topology. The hypercube includes several topologies including all meshes. It is a flexible concurrent computer that can tackle a broad range of problems. Current machines use different interconnect structure from hypercube but preserve this capability.