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-- a PRAM is not MIMD --

QUOTING FROM: Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "parallel random-access machine", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed., U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. 27 February 2004. (accessed 6/4/06) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/parallelRandomAccessMachine.html:

parallel random-access machine (definition)

Definition: A shared memory model of computation, where typically the processors all execute the same instruction synchronously, and access to any memory location occurs in unit time.

Also known as PRAM.

See also work-depth model, multiprocessor model.

PLEASE OBSERVE: that the definition clearly indicates use of the SIMD machine and ***not*** an MIMD machine as this Wiki entry states. Vonkje 16:10, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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