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Foil 2 Abstract of Sept 12 1996 CPS615 Lecture

From CPS615-Lecture on Computer Architectures and Networks Delivered Lectures of CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- 12 September 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox *

This continues the computer architecture discussion with
  • MIMD and SIMD with distributed shared memory
  • MetaComputers
  • Special Purpose Architectures
  • Granularity with technological changes forcing larger process sizes
  • Overview of Communication Networks with
    • Switches versus topologies versus buses
    • Typical values in today's machines



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