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MISD

Micheal J. Flynn introduced the idea of an MISD (Multiple Instruction, Single Data) computer architectures in his original taxonomy in 1966.^[1]

Dr. Yan Solihin defines MISD in his textbook Fundamentals of Parallel Computer Architectures: Multichip and Multicore Systems as "..an architecture in which multiple processing elements from different instruction streams, and data is passed from one processing element to the next."

References

1. Flynn, M. (1972). "Some Computer Organizations and Their Effectiveness". IEEE Trans. Comput. C-21: 948.