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'''Massive parallelism''' ('''MP''') is a term used in [[computer architecture]], [[reconfigurable computing]], [[application-specific integrated circuit]] (ASIC) and [[field-programmable gate array]] (FPGA) design. It signifies the presence of many independent [[arithmetic]] units or entire [[microprocessor]]s, that run in parallel. The term ''massive'' connotes hundreds if not thousands of such units. Early examples of such a system are the [[Distributed Array Processor]], the [[Goodyear MPP|Goodyear MP]], and the [[Connection Machine]].
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Today's most powerful [[supercomputer]]s are all ''MP'' systems such as [[Earth Simulator]], [[Blue Gene]], [[ASCI White]], [[ASCI Red]], [[ASCI Purple]], [[ASCI Thor's Hammer]].
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In this class of computing, all of the processing elements are connected together to be one very large computer. This is in contrast to [[distributed computing]] where massive numbers of separate computers are used to solve a single problem.
Through advances in [[Moore's Law]], System-On-Chip (SOC) implementations of massively parallel architectures are becoming cost effective, and finding particular application in high definition video processing. For example, the Linedancer family of Extreme Processors from Aspex Semiconductor integrate 4,096 processing elements onto a single chip in a [[SIMD]] architecture known as Associative String Processing.
==See also==
*[[Fifth generation computer systems project]]
*[[Multiprocessing]]
*[[Parallel computing]]
*[[Symmetric multiprocessing]]
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