A survey covering three decades of parallel processors including machines built in academia and research labs as well as in industry. The main body of the text focuses on the correlations between the categories of parallel computers. Each machine is classified according to eight categories, and ther

Study the past, if you would divine the future. -CONFUCIUS A well written, organized, and concise survey is an important tool in any newly emerging field of study. This present text is the first of a new series that has been established to promote the publications of such survey books. A survey serves several needs. Virtually every new research area has its roots in several diverse areas and many of the initial fundamental results are dispersed across a wide range of journals, books, and conferences in many dif- ferent sub fields. A good survey should bring together these results. But just a...