European labs begin parallel processing computer project

Computer architecture and parallel processing

Chemical databases processing using parallel computer hardware.

Research activities in the fine chemicals industry involve the generation and analysis of huge amounts of chemical and biological data, and this has led to the development of highly sophisticated, computer-based, chemical information systems to support the research [ 11. Most chemical databases contain two-dimensional structural data, i.e. planar chemical structure diagrams, but there is also i...

Parallel Computer Processing Systems Are Better Than Serial Computer Processing Systems

The main objective and contribution of this paper consists in using a formal and mathematical approach to prove that parallel computer processing systems are better than serial computer processing systems, better related to: saving time and/or money and being able to solve larger problems. This is achieved thanks to the theory of Lyapunov stability and max-plus algebra applied to discrete event...

Parallel Computer Research in the Wisconsin Wind Tunnel Project

The paper summarizes the Wisconsin Wind Tunnel Project’s research into parallel computer design and methods. Our principal design contributions—Cooperative Shared Memory and the Tempest Parallel Programming Substrate—seek to balance the programming benefits of a shared address space with facilities for low-level performance optimizations. The project has refined and compared a variety of ideas ...

Programming a Parallel Computer: The Ersatz Brain Project

There is a complex relationship between the architecture of a computer, the software it needs to run, and the tasks it performs. The most difficult aspect of building a brain-like computer may not be in its construction, but in its use: How can it be programmed? What can it do well? What does it do poorly? In the history of computers, software development has proved far more difficult and far s...