Synchronized parallel processing with shared memory

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1989-11-07

1991-10-08

Shaw, Gareth D.

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3642281, 3642288, 3642304, 3642431, 3642544, G06F 1516

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ABSTRACT:
A high speed computer that permits the partitioning of a single computer program into smaller concurrent processes running in different parallel processors. The program execution time is divided into synchronous phases, each of which may require a shared memory to be configured in a distinct way. At the end of each execution phase, the processors are resynchronized such that the composite system will be in a known state at a known point in time. The computer makes efficient use of hardware such that n processors can solve a problem almost n times as fast as a single processor.

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