Abstract
In the quest for high performance single processor architectures, software is important, but does not play a critical rôle. By this we mean that the languages and algorithms designed for one generation of high performance architectures can often be inherited by a subsequent generation since the architectural model remains sequential, and any changes can usually be hidden from the application. Certain machines augment the sequential model by introducing datarparallel operations, for example vector processors such as the CRAY-1 and the CYBER 205. These machines require vectorising compilers in order to mask their augmented model of computation from the application code, but processing is otherwise similar.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Architecture of High Performance Computers Volume II |
Subtitle of host publication | Array processors and multiprocessor systems |
Place of Publication | New York, NY |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 169-193 |
Number of pages | 25 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4899-6701-5 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4899-6703-9 |
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Publication status | Published - 1989 |