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Foil 30 Shared-Memory Machines

From CPS615-Introduction-Course,Driving Technology and HPCC Current Status and Futures CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox, (Some Culler, Koelbel material)
All processors access the same memory.
Advantages:
  • Retain sequential programming languages such as Java or Fortran
  • Easy to program (correctly)
  • Can share code and data among processors
Disadvantages:
  • Hard to program (optimally)
  • Not scalable due to bandwidth limitations in bus

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