The Connection Machine (Computer Architecture for the New Wave).

Abstract

This paper describes the connection memory, a machine for concurrently manipulating knowledge stored in semantic networks. We need the connection memory because conventional serial computers cannot move through such networks fast enough. The connection memory sidesteps the problem by providing processing power proportional to the size of the network. Each node and link in the network has its own simple processor. These connect to form a uniform locally-connected network of perhaps a million processor/memory cells. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107463

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People

  • W. Daniel Hillis

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  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Architecture
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  • Content Addressable Memory
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  • Computer science

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