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In [[computer architecture]], a '''systolic array''' is an arrangement of [[central processing unit]] s in an [[array]] (often rectangular) where data flows synchronously across the array between neighbours, usually with different data flowing in different directions. The name derives from analogy with the regular pumping of blood by the heart.

[[H. T. Kung]] and [[Charles E. Leiserson]] published the first paper describing systolic arrays in [[1978]]; however, the first machine known to have used the technique was the Mark II [[Colossus computer]].