Different Architectures

• SIMD

  • Vector Computers

• MIMD

  • Shared Memory
    • NEC SX Vector Computer
    • Cray J90/T90 Vector Computer
  • Distributed Shared Memory
    • SGI Origin Distributed Shared Memory
    • HP-Convex Distributed Shared Memory
    • SUN Enterprise Shared Memory
  • Distributed Memory
    • Cray T3E Distributed Memory
    • IBM SP Distributed Memory
    • Fujitsu VPP Vector Distributed Memory
    • Cluster of Processors (COWS, NOWS, Beowulf)
  • Fastest machines O(10,000) processors with O(Tflop/s) performance

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