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ICL Distributed Array Processor

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The Distributed Array Processor produced by International Computers Ltd was the world's first commercial massively parallel computer. The original paper study was complete in 1972 and building of the prototype began in 1974. The first machine was delivered to Queen Mary College in 1979.