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A processor has been constructed using a 'pipeline' architecture to simulate many-body systems with long-range forces. It has a speed equivalent to 120 megaflops, and the architecture can be readily parallelized to make teraflop machines a feasible possibility. The machine can be adapted to study molecular dynamics, plasma dynamics and astrophysical hydrodynamics with only minor modifications.
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Sugimoto, D., Chikada, Y., Makino, J. et al. A special-purpose computer for gravitational many-body problems. Nature 345, 33–35 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/345033a0
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