Multiple-Instruction, Multiple-Data Path Computers: Parallel Processing Impact on Flight Simulation Software. Final Report.

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Titel: Multiple-Instruction, Multiple-Data Path Computers: Parallel Processing Impact on Flight Simulation Software. Final Report.
Sprache: English
Autoren: Lord, Robert E., Denelcor, Inc., Denver, CO., Washington State Univ., Pullman.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 104
Publikationsdatum: 1981
Sponsoring Agency: Air Force Human Resources Lab., Brooks AFB, TX.
Publikationsart: Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Flight Training, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematical Models, Programing, Simulation
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the parallel processing impact of multiple-instruction multiple-data path (MIMD) computers on flight simulation software. Basic mathematical functions and arithmetic expressions from typical flight simulation software were selected and run on an MIMD computer to evaluate the improvement in execution time that results from the parallel architecture of this type of computer. Recommendations as to the types of tasks which are optimally suitable for this computer architecture are made, together with the improvement in execution speed to be expected. Twenty-six references are listed. (Author/LLS)
Entry Date: 1982
Dokumentencode: ED210037
Datenbank: ERIC
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Abstract:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the parallel processing impact of multiple-instruction multiple-data path (MIMD) computers on flight simulation software. Basic mathematical functions and arithmetic expressions from typical flight simulation software were selected and run on an MIMD computer to evaluate the improvement in execution time that results from the parallel architecture of this type of computer. Recommendations as to the types of tasks which are optimally suitable for this computer architecture are made, together with the improvement in execution speed to be expected. Twenty-six references are listed. (Author/LLS)