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Computing technique employed to achieve parallelism

In computing, multiple instruction, multiple data (MIMD) is a technique employed to achieve parallelism. Machines using MIMD have a number of processor cores that function asynchronously and independently. At any time, different processors may be executing different instructions on different pieces of data. Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: Time-domain event detection using single-instruction, multiple-thread gpGPU architectures in single-molecule biophysical dataInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: [Papers presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Ontario Educational Research Council, Toronto, Ontario, December 1-2, 1978]The most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Right-Brain/Left-Brain Integrated Associative Processor Employing Convertible Multiple-Instruction-Stream Multiple-Data-Stream ElementsCited 22 times
  5. Go sideways: MultiprocessingA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Parallel computingA closely related topic

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