Scalability, 95
of distributed memory multiprocessors, 96–99
of networks of computers, 148–150
of shared memory multiprocessors, 94
Serial scalar processor
architecture, 11
programming model, 11
Shared memory multiprocessor, 65–67
architecture, 65
Simulation of oil extraction, 323–328
on MPP, 326–327
on network of workstations, 327–328
Single-program multiple-data model, see SPMD model
SPMD model, 130, 206
Superscalar processor, 18–22
architecture, 18–21
instruction-pipelined IEU, see IEU
programming model, 21–22
Swapping, 62