The Advanced Flexible Processor, Array Architecture
Bruce Colton · ACS symposium series · 1981
The Advanced Flexible Processor (AFP) is a relatively powerful computer employing a highly parallel architecture. It has been designed to stand alone, hosted by a general-purpose computer, or to function within arrays of Advanced Flexible Processors. All of the features for efficient interprocessor communication and control are built into each Advanced Flexible Processor to allow efficient computation in a multiprocessing environment. The Advanced Flexible Processor was developed by an advanced computer research division of Control Data called the Information Sciences Division (ISD). The Information Sciences Division began work on the Advanced Flexible Processor in 1976. Our primary goal was to develop a programmable computing machine that would provide the computational power and speed required by many of the intense algorithmic processes associated with image processing, while providing some of the flexibility of a general-purpose machine.( 1 ) Early Research and Development in Multiprocessing In 1968 Control Data began research into the feasibility