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unusual facts about parallel computer



Caltech Cosmic Cube

The Caltech Cosmic Cube was a parallel computer, developed by Charles Seitz and Geoffrey C Fox from 1981 onward.

Cost efficiency

Cost efficiency (or cost optimality), in the context of parallel computer algorithms, refers to a measure of how effectively parallel computing can be used to solve a particular problem.

Lubachevsky–Stillinger algorithm

The Time Warp parallel simulation algorithm by David Jefferson was advanced as a method to simulate asynchronous spacial interactions of fighting units in combat models on a parallel computer.

Teramac

The Teramac was an experimental massively parallel computer designed by HP in the 1990s.


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