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Classification of Computing System Architectures

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The development of programs for multiprocessor computing systems, also referred to as parallel programming, has been attracting more and more attention from both researchers and application programmers. This is due to the following reasons.

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    Michael J. Flynn (b. 1934), an American researcher, is an expert in the field of computer system architectures.

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Kurgalin, S., Borzunov, S. (2019). Classification of Computing System Architectures. In: A Practical Approach to High-Performance Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27558-7_1

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