一旦采用少许一般性技术,许多小型计算机就能有效地同时运行,由此可以解决从空气动力学到天体物理各门学科中需要大量计算的问题。由于计算机技术的发展,我们正在开始一场计算革命。超大规模集成电路的进展不仅导致更快的计算机,也导致更加便宜、更加小型化的计算机——由几片集成块组成的计算机。这些计算机的实用价值大得令人瞠目结舌,而且也使得制造“超大功能计算机”,或称之为“超计算机”成为现实可行,这即是由许许多多的小型计算机组成的并行处理机。 With a little general technology, many small computers can run efficiently together, thus solving the problem of a large amount of computations required from aerodynamics to astrophysics. Due to the development of computer technology, we are beginning a revolution in computing. Advances in very large scale integrated circuits not only lead to faster computers but also cheaper and more compact computers - computers made up of blocks of chips. The practical value of these computers is staggering and makes it possible to create “supercomputer” or “supercomputer,” a parallel processor comprised of many smaller computers.