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Definition Autonomous processors communicating over a communication network Some characteristics

INo common physical clock INo shared memory IGeographical seperation IAutonomy and heterogeneity

Parallel Systems Multiprocessor systems (direct access to shared memory, UMA model) IInterconnection
network - bus, multi-stage sweitch IE.g., Omega, Butterfly, Clos, Shuffle-exchange networks
IInterconnection generation function, routing function Multicomputer parallel systems (no direct access
to shared memory, NUMA model) Ibus, ring, mesh (w w/o wraparound), hypercube topologies IE.g.,
NYU Ultracomputer, CM* Conneciton Machine, IBM Blue gene Array processors (colocated, tightly
coupled, common system clock) INiche market, e.g., DSP applica

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