What Is Massively Parallel Computing, and Why Is It Important?

Explains what massively parallel computing is and why it is important to understand the effects it will have on life in the near future. Home robots and virtual worlds; Historical importance of Eli Whitney and the invention of the cotton gin; Reference to the fact that massively parallel computers a...

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Published in:	Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Vol. 121; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
Main Author:	Hills, W. Daniel
Format:	Article
Published:	MIT Press Winter92
Subjects:	Computers & civilization Parallel computers Data pipelining Computers Cotton gins & ginning Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 Virtual machine systems
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost