Little and large.
Discusses how `massively parallel' computing which dispenses with the few, big, interlinked supercomputers and replaces them with many small ones. Japan's three heavyweights--Fujitsu, Hitachi, and NEC; Cray Research; Computer upstarts Thinking Machines, nCUBE and Kendall Square Research; Developing...
| Published in: | Economist Vol. 323; no. 7757; pp. 102 - 104 |
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| Format: | Article |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
5/2/1992
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | Discusses how `massively parallel' computing which dispenses with the few, big, interlinked supercomputers and replaces them with many small ones. Japan's three heavyweights--Fujitsu, Hitachi, and NEC; Cray Research; Computer upstarts Thinking Machines, nCUBE and Kendall Square Research; Developing technology of parallel processing. |
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