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The '''Parallel Element Processing Ensemble''' ('''PEPE''') was one of the very early [[parallel computing]] systems. Bell began researching the concept in the mid-1960s as a way to provide high-performance computing support for the needs of [[anti-ballistic missile]] (ABM) systems. The goal was to build a computer system that could simultaneously track hundreds of incoming [[ballistic missile]] [[warhead]]s.<ref name=silogic>[http://www.silogic.com/PEPE/PEPE.html PEPE - Parallel Element Processing Ensemble] Last updated on June 8, 2011.</ref><ref name=Ford>{{cite book|author=R. Michael Ford|title=Parallel supercomputing in SIMD architecture|edition=1st|publisher=CRC Press|year=1990|page=[https://archive.org/details/parallelsupercom00hord/page/7 7]|isbn=0-8493-4271-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/parallelsupercom00hord/page/7}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130408132455/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=AD0911667 Real-Time Advanced Data Processing Parallel Element Processing Ensemble (PEPE)], June 30, 1973, Final Report for Contract DAHC60-72-C-0031, prepared by the System Development Corporation of Huntsville, Alabama for the U.S. Army Advanced Ballistic Missile Defense Agency.</ref> A single PEPE system was built by [[Burroughs Corporation]] in the 1970s, by which time the [[US Army]]'s ABM efforts were winding down. The design later evolved into the [[Burroughs Scientific ComputerProcessor]] for commercial sales, but a lack of sales prospects led to it being withdrawn from the market.

==History==