The performance realities of massively parallel processors: A case study

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn Part F129723, Issue , 1992, Pages 403-412

  Lubeck, Olaf M ^a   Simmons, Margaret L ^a   Wasserman, Harvey J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS);

APPLICATION CODES; COMPUTATIONAL SPEED; CONDITIONAL EXECUTION; MASSIVE PARALLELISM; MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSORS; MEMORY BANDWIDTHS; PROGRAMMING MODELS; VECTOR PROCESSING;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84974762498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/superc.1992.236663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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