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Content-addressable parallel processor

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A Content Addressable Parallel Processor (CAPP) is a type of parallel processor which uses content-addressing memory (CAM) principles. CAPPs are intended for bulk computation. The syntactic structure of their computing algorithm are simple, whereas the number of concurrent processes may be very large, only limited by the number of locations in the CAM. The best-known CAPP may be STARAN, completed in 1972; several similar systems were later built in other countries.

References

  • Kent, Allen (1990), Encyclopedia of microcomputers, New York: Dekker, pp. 138โ€“139, ISBN 0824727037
  • Foster, Caxton C (1976), Content Addressable Parallel Processors, Van Nostrand Reinhold, ISBN 0442224338