The FLEX/32 multicomputer
Nicholas Matelan · ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News · 1985
The FLEX/32 MultiComputer is a directly programmable general purpose, Multiple Instruction Stream/Multiple Data Stream (MIMD) computing environment.It is a collection of computers that share high-speed memory and synchronization and messaging hardware.The FLEX/32 can expand in power with minimal software modification and its hardware can be configured and reconfigured easily.I t is a generic "multicomputing environment" for cooperating multiple processors.The FLEX/32 can support a number of different processor types by providing consistent storage and input/output f a c i l i t i e s to its differing processors accessable through standard VMEbus connections.The FLEX/32 supports the full UNIX* System V Operating System and languages associated with i t , C** plus the extended ConCurrent and ConCurrent FORTRAN** 77 languages that allow programming of concurrent software at a high level.