Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lerman, Gil
• Rudolph, Larry

Titel

Parallel Evolution of Parallel Processors

Ist Teil von

• Frontiers of Computer Science

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA : Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

1993

Link zum Volltext

• Volltext

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 1. Introduction -- 2. Classification of Parallel Processors -- 2.1. A Brief History of Classification Schemes -- 2.2. The Classification Scheme Used in This Work -- 2.3. A Look at the Classification Characteristics -- 2.4. Information-Gathering Details -- 2.5. An Apology -- 3. Emergent Trends -- 3.1. Applications -- 3.2. Mode of Control -- 3.3. Data Exchange and Synchronization -- 3.4. The Number and Type of PEs -- 3.5. Interconnection Network -- 3.6. Memory Organization -- 3.7. Type of Constructing Institution -- 3.8. Period of Construction -- 3.9. Summary of the Correlations -- 4. Popular Machine Models -- 4.1. Exposing the Complex Patterns -- 4.2. General-Purpose Machines -- 4.3. Model IV �́� Image (and Signal) Processing SIMD Machines -- 4.4. Model V �́� Database MIMD Machines, Two Variants -- 4.5. Trends in Commercialization -- 5. The Shape of Things to Come? -- 5.1. Underlying Assumptions -- 5.2. Applications -- 5.3. Control -- 5.4. Data Exchange and Synchronization
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