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英国国际计算机公司(ICL)正在研制每秒进行亿次浮点运算的科学数字计算机。该公司设计了一个自处理存储器,使一个普通的主机具有二兆字节的存储容量,把处理功能分布到该存储器中,并在它自己的存储单元上进行操作。存储器分成很多个小的单元(element),而每个单元具有它自己的处理机。ICL 公司认为已克服了普通计算机存储器和处理机之间的通信障碍,特别是计算象天气预报的三维模型问题。该公司有一台32×32单元的DAP(分布阵列处
British International Computer Corp. (ICL) is developing a scientific digital computer that performs billions of floating-point operations per second. The company designed a self-processing memory that allows a typical host to have two megabytes of storage capacity, distribute processing functions into the memory, and operate on its own storage unit. The memory is divided into many small elements, each of which has its own processor. ICL believes that it has overcome the communication barriers between ordinary computer memory and processors, in particular the calculation of three-dimensional model problems like weather forecasting. The company has a 32 × 32 DAP unit (distributed array