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One example is an Associative memory - SIMD or MIMD or content addressable memories
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This is an an example of a special purpose "signal" processing machine which can in fact be built from "conventional" SIMD or "MIMD" architectures
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This type of machine is not so popular as most applications are not dominated by computations for which good special purpose devices can be designed
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If only 10% of a problem is say "track-finding" or some special purpose processing, then who cares if you reduce that 10% by a factor of 100
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You have only sped up the system by a factor 1.1 not by 100!
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