Parallel Processing
In parallel processing systems, many events may be considered and
acted upon simultaneously. Since a variety of actions may be
considered simultaneously, coherence in
behavior is an issue for parallel systems. A parallel system may be
synchronous, in which there is an explicit parallel decision cycle or
asynchronous. In asynchronous systems, there
are usually a set of independent components which act autonomously to
one another; this makes coherence an even more difficult problem. A
parallel architecture does not necessarily imply parallel processing;
for instance, the human
cognitive architecture is inherently serial at the cognitive level even though the biological band is explicitly
parallel. However, there may tremendous improvements to efficiency for some parallel processing
strategies, compared to serial ones.
The following systems use some parallel techniques in their implementation:
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