布劳斯公司(Burroughs)在1977年春季宣布的巨型科学处理机(BSP)具有很多新的设计思想。它是一台每秒执行5千万次浮点运算、以FORTRAN语言为基础、用并行多处理机构成的阵列处理机。这台机器可应用于气象、原子能、地震数据分析、结构分析等领域。它既具有与其它阵列处理机相类似的某些特征,也具有与其它机器不同的特征。布劳斯科学处理机系统将使用本公司已有的计算机来组织它的体系。实际上在BSP系统里,将一台布劳斯公司的大型通用计算机作为系统的管理机。BSP本身的结构是非常简单的。它包括一个指令处理机(实际是一个预处理 The giant science processor (BSP) announced by Burroughs in the spring of 1977 has many new design ideas. It is an array processor that executes 50 million floating-point operations per second and is based on the FORTRAN language and uses parallel multiprocessors. This machine can be used in meteorology, atomic energy, seismic data analysis, structural analysis and other fields. It has some features that are similar to other array processors, but also features that are different from other machines. Braus Scientific processor system will use the company’s existing computer to organize its system. In fact, in a BSP system, a large general-purpose computer made by Blaus Corporation is used as a system management machine. The structure of BSP itself is very simple. It includes an instruction handler (actually a preprocessor