Massively parallel computer. A Connection Machine CM-5,a massively parallel computer (MPC) made by the Thinking Machines Corporation. MPCs use many individual 'nodes' networked together,allowing simultanoeus processing of large volumes of data. In the CM-5,up to 1024 nodes are used. Each node consists of a SPARC chip,four 'vector processors' for high-speed computations and a memory of 32Mb (megabytes). When all of these nodes are networked together in the CM-5,the computer has a theoretical speed eight times faster than the most powerful conventional computers. MPCs are ideally suited to mathematical models of large natural systems,such as climate models | |
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