STARAN in the
information technology
Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...
industry might be the first commercially available computer designed around an
associative memory. The STARAN computer was designed and built by
Goodyear Aerospace Corporation. It is a
content-addressable parallel processor (CAPP), a type of
parallel processor
Parallel computing is a type of computation in which many calculations or Process (computing), processes are carried out simultaneously. Large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which can then be solved at the same time. There are ...
which uses
content-addressable memory
Content-addressable memory (CAM) is a special type of computer memory used in certain very-high-speed searching applications. It is also known as associative memory or associative storage and compares input search data against a table of stored d ...
. STARAN is . The STARAN machines became available in 1972.
Goodyear Aerospace later developed the
MPP
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based on similar principles but with a larger and wider processor array.
See also
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Index of computing articles
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Outline of computers
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computers:
Computers – programmable machines designed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations. The sequences of operations can be cha ...
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Outline of computing
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computing:
Computing – activity of using and improving computer hardware and computer software.
Branches of computing
* Computer science (see also Outline of comp ...
References
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
One-of-a-kind computers
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