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The Manchester prototype dataflow computer

John R. Gurd, Chris Kirkham, Ian Watson

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Abstract

The Manchester project has developed a powerful dataflow processor based on dynamic tagging. This processor is large enough to tackle realistic applications and exhibits impressive speedup for programs with sufficient parallelism.

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APA 7

Gurd, J. R., Kirkham, C., & Watson, I. (1985). The Manchester prototype dataflow computer. Communications of the ACM, 28(1), 34–52. https://doi.org/10.1145/2465.2468

MLA 9

Gurd, John R., et al. “The Manchester prototype dataflow computer.” Communications of the ACM, vol. 28, no. 1, 1985, pp. 34–52, https://doi.org/10.1145/2465.2468.

Chicago

Gurd, John R., Chris Kirkham, and Ian Watson. 1985. “The Manchester prototype dataflow computer.” Communications of the ACM 28 (1): 34–52. https://doi.org/10.1145/2465.2468.

Harvard

Gurd, J.R., Kirkham, C. and Watson, I. (1985) ‘The Manchester prototype dataflow computer’, Communications of the ACM, 28(1), pp. 34–52. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1145/2465.2468.

BibTeX
@article{gurd1985manchester,
  title = {{The Manchester prototype dataflow computer}},
  author = {Gurd, John R. and Kirkham, Chris and Watson, Ian},
  journal = {Communications of the ACM},
  volume = {28},
  number = {1},
  pages = {34--52},
  year = {1985},
  doi = {10.1145/2465.2468}
}

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