Machines that perform computations in parallel have come into vogue today partly prodded by technology and user needs. In the early spring of '86, a workshop was held under the auspices of the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) to investigate the design and the notusually-addressed issue of the performance of these machines. This report serves as a record of the workshop though it does not promise to be a transcript of the various sessions. About a dozen presentations interspersed with sprited open-forum discussions have been paraphrased here. It is hoped that this report remains faithful to the proceedings.
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