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Abstract HIGH-SPEED COMPUTERS ARE STRONGLY NEEDED NOT ONLY FOR SOLVING SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING PROBLEMS,BUT ALSO FOR NUMEROUS INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS.SUCH APPLICATIONS INCLUDE COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN, OIL EXPLORATION,WATHER PREDICATION, SPACE APPLICATIONS AND SAFETY OF NUCLEAR REACTORS. THESE APPLICATIONS NEED COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND SIMULATION TECHNIQUES FOR FINDING THE ULTIMATE ANSWERS.THE COMPUTER MOLDING AND SIMULATION JOBS CONSUME EXTENSIVE PROCESSING TIME INVOLVING LOOPS THAT ARE EXECUTED SEVERAL TIMES. IF THESE LOOPS CAN BE EFFECTIVELY SUB-DIVIDED AND GIVEN TO A NUMBER OF PROCESSORS, OVERALL COMPUTATIONAL TIME CAN BE REDUCED BY A FACTOR DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF PROCESSORS USED. |