Flynn s taxonomy

Flynn's taxonomy is a classification of computer architectures, proposed by Flynn in 1966, based on the number of streams of instructions and data:

Single instruction, single data stream (SISD) - a sequential computer.
Multiple instruction/single data stream (MISD) - unusual.
Single instruction, multiple data streams (SIMD) - e.g. an array processor.
Multiple instruction, multiple data streams (MIMD) - multiple autonomous processors simultaneously executing different instructions on different data.

References

This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing and is used under the GFDL.

A Survey of Parallel Computer Architectures", Duncan, Ralph, IEEE Computer. February 1990, pp. 5-16.

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