The connection machine

Someday, perhaps soon, we will build a machine that will be able to perform the functions of a human mind, a thinking machine. One of the many problems that must be faced in designing such a machine is the need to process large amounts of information rapidly, more rapidly than is ever likely to be possible with a conventional computer. This document describes a new type of computing engine called a Connection Machine, which computes through the interaction of many, say a million, simple identical processing/memory cells. Because the processing takes place concurrently, the machine can be much faster than a traditional computer. Thesis Supervisor: Professor Gerald Sussman