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From: jb%otter.lb.hp.co.uk@RELAY.CS.NET (Jason Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.hypercube
Subject: Parallel Processing
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Date: 23 Feb 88 17:34:21 GMT
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I have just read a book entitled "Supercomputers of today and tomorrow the
parallel processing revolution", by richard a jenkins. (TAB press). This book
goes through the basics of parallel processing and what is happening in the PP
world at the moment. The book was wriiten in 1985 and is some what put of data
, I should imagine.

In one of the chapters he mentions many different approaches to PP but the
only thing is that he does not go into much detail. This is hardly suprising
since the book is really only an introduction to PP.

The are several approaches which are very interesting. I am appealing to
anybody out ther who has any information about the machines, approaches or
projects that I have mentioned below. If anybody can send me information I
would be greatful. I want to read in more detail the approaches and hopefully
find out why a certain person has chosen that approach and not one of the
others. If you could email me and then I can send you my address if you have
hard copies of papers or matterials.

Anybodies comments or views would also be appreciated on the list of
approaches  mentioned below but also on any others thay know of. My interest
is purely personnel interest as I will be going to Edinburgh university to
study Comp. Sci. & AI. After that I will be moving into research on PP.

Any help received is received with many thanks.


   Project Title                Originator,University where research is
or Machines Name.                           being done.


    COSMIC CUBE                 Originator unknown,
                                CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    OMEGA NETWORK               Originator unknown,
    (ULTRACOMPUTER)             NEW YORK UNIVERSITY


    NON-VON                     Originator : DAVID SHAW,
                                COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

    MPP                         Originator unknown,
(MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSING) NASA.


    DATA FLOW ARCHITECTURES     Originator : JOHN DENNIS.
    (STATIC FLOW ARCH.)         MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY


    MAGO REDUCTION MACHINE      Originator : GYULA MAGO
                                UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA


    MIDAS                       Originators : CREVE MAPLES & DOUGLAS LOGAN
                                LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABS OF THE UNIVERSITY
                                OF CALIFORNIA.


It would be nice if I could contact the originators, so if anyone reads this
who is at any of the above places and knows, or can find out where the person
is maybe you could get them to contact me.

Thanks again to all those who can help me in any way. An address of the person
or a person whos working on the project would be great.

cheers
Jason Brown (jb)


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