Parallel
Supercomputing
inMIMD
Architectures
R. Michael Hord
Advanced Technology Laboratories
General Electric Company
Moorestown, New Jersey
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Hord, R. Michael, 1940–
Parallel supercomputing in MIMD architectures / author, R. Michael Hord.
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1. Parallel processing (Electronic computers). 2. Supercomputers. 3. Computer archi-
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