The ACM Computing Classification System (1991)

C.1.2 Multiple Data Stream Architectures (Multiprocessors)

• Array and vector processors
• Associative processors
• Connection machines
• Interconnection architectures (e.g., common bus, multiport memory, crossbar switch)
• Multiple-instruction-stream, multiple-data-stream processors (MIMD)
• Parallel processors
• Pipeline processors
• Single-instruction-stream, multiple-data-stream processors (SIMD)