BBN Butterfly parallel computer
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The BBN Butterfly parallel computer was an early massively parallel processing system notable for its scalable architecture and use in advanced research and defense applications in the 1980s.
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| BBN Butterfly parallel computer canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
MIMD architecture
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massively parallel processing system ⓘ parallel computer ⓘ |
| architectureType |
distributed-memory multiprocessor
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shared-memory via switching network ⓘ |
| commercialAvailability | limited ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designGoal |
high throughput
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low communication latency ⓘ massive parallelism ⓘ |
| developer |
BBN Technologies
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Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early example of scalable MIMD system
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pioneering use of butterfly interconnection in commercial machines ⓘ |
| influenced | later parallel computer architectures ⓘ |
| interconnectionTopology | butterfly network ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| memoryModel | non-uniform memory access ⓘ |
| notableFor |
scalable architecture
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use in advanced research applications ⓘ use in defense applications ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Chrysalis operating system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
BBN Butterfly Plus
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BBN TC2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scalability | hundreds of processors ⓘ |
| supports |
message passing
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shared memory abstraction ⓘ |
| targetDomain |
high-performance computing
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real-time command and control systems ⓘ |
| usedBy |
defense organizations
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research laboratories ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
real-time applications
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scientific computing ⓘ signal processing ⓘ |
| uses |
butterfly switching network
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multi-stage interconnection network ⓘ |
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