Texas Instruments Advanced Scientific Computer

With the advent of vector processors over the last ten years, the vector computer has become the most efficient and in some instances the only affordable way to solve certain computational problems. One such computer, the Texas Instruments Advanced Scientific Computer (ASC), has been used extensively at the Naval Research Laboratory to model atmospheric and combustion processes, dynamics of laser implosions, and other plasma physics problems. Furthermore, vectorization is achieved in these programs using standard Fortran. This paper will describe some of the hardware and software differences which distinguish the ASC from the more conventional scalar computer and review some of the fundamental principles behind vector program design. 

H. Brock, B. Brooks, M. Miller, "Guide to Vectorization on the Naval Research Laboratory, Texas Instruments Advanced Scientific Computer", Vol. 1, NRL Memorandum Report 4102, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 

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