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Excerpt from On Parallel Searching <p>There has been recently an increasing interest in the study of tightly coupled parallel machines. Parallel processors have been around for some time, and with the advance in microelectronics it becomes feasible to build parallel machines with thousands of cooperating processors. One possible organization for such machines is a shared memory architecture: many independent processors with access to a common memory. While the problem of providing shared access to a common memory is significant, such architecture seems suitable for a general purpose computer, where the pattern of memory accesses is not known in advance. Also, it seems feasible to build a shared memory parallel machine with thousands. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.