Multiple-Instruction, Multiple-Data Path Computers: Parallel Processing Impact on Flight Simulation Software.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the parallel processing impact of MIMD (Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data Path) computers on Flight Simulation Software. Basic mathematical functions and arithmetic expressions from typical Flight Simulation Software were selected and run on a MIMD computer to evaluate the improvement in execution time that results from the parallel architecture of this type of computer. Recommendations as to the types of tasks which are optimally suitable for this computer architecture are made, together with the improvement in execution speed to be expected. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104506

Entities

People

  • Robert E. Lord
  • Rodney A. Schmidt
  • Swarn Kumar

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Algorithms
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Flight Simulations
  • Machine Languages
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Operating Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Programming Languages
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.