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STARAN parallel processor system software

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AFIPS '74: Proceedings of the May 6-10, 1974, national computer conference and exposition

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1500175.1500179

Published: 06 May 1974 Publication History

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This paper is concerned with the features and concepts of system software for a parallel associative array processor---STARAN. Definitions of parallel processors have appeared often. Essentially they are machines with a large number of processing elements. They have the capability to operate on multiple data streams with a single instruction stream. STARAN is a line of parallel processors with a variable number of processing elements.

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