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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1995
Junji Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A parallel computer comprising a plurality of processor elements and a network interconnecting the same, wherein each of the plurality of processor elements includes: a memory unit including a first area and a second area, the first area storing a program and a data portion allocated to the processor element, the second area having a smaller capacity than the first area and storing working data temporarily; a first data transferring unit for performing a first data transfer, whereby data necessary for an operation are transferred to the second area from the first areas of the other processor elements via the network to form a new data portion therein; a processor for performing a first operation, whereby the data portion in the first area is processed as per program and an operation result is restored into the first area, and for performing a second operation, whereby the new data portion in the second area is processed as per program and an operation result is restored into the second area; and a second data transferring unit for performing a second data transfer, whereby the operation results restored in the second areas in the other processor elements are transferred to the first area of the processor element via the network.