Three Decades of Multiprocessors
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During the last 25 years, the author has never reallv considered any alternative to the multiprocessor (mP) for general-purpose, cost-effective, nonminimal come -rs. This involvement with mPs at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Encore, Stardent, and Kendall Square Research (KSR) included 16 computers. Fourteen were built, including 7 for research or advanced development, and 6 were built for the marketplace. The reasons for designing mPs have been quite compelling. The only alternatives for general-purpose use that the computing community support are the uniprocessor and evolving networks of computers (e.g., local area network (LAN) connected workstations). A uniprocessor with tens to hundreds of thousands of rocessing elements controlled by a single instruction stream is A@"-
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