An apparatus for processing multidimensional data with strong spatial characteristics, such as raw image data, characterized by a large number of parallel data streams in an ordered array, comprises a large number (e.g. 16,384 in a 128.times.128 array) of parallel processing elements operating simultaneously...http://www.google.fr/patents/US4380046?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US4380046 - Massively parallel processor computer
Massively parallel processor computer
Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Frosch et autres