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Vector and Array Processing: Trends, Horizons

Array Processing is a computer architectural concept that was first put to use in the early 1960s. As scientific computing evolved, the need to process large amounts of data using a common algorithm became important. Computers with an array of processing elements (PEs), controlled by a common control unit (CU) were built. The PEs were usually ALUs, capable of performing simple mathematical operations. The CPU itself would perform the job of the CU.
As computer architectures evolved, a new concept called the Vector processing was developed during the 1970s. In vector processing,