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To compare the performance and use of three massively parallel SIMD computers, we implemented a large air pollution model on the computers. Using a realistic large-scale model, we gain detailled insight about the performance of the involved computers when used to solve large-scale scientific problems that involve several types of numerical computations. The computers involved in our study are the Connection Machines CM-200 and CM-5, and the MasPar MP-2216.
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Brown, J., Hansen, P.C., Waśniewski, J., Zlatev, Z. (1994). Comparison of massively parallel SIMD computers using air pollution models. In: Dongarra, J., Waśniewski, J. (eds) Parallel Scientific Computing. PARA 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 879. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0030141
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