Flynn's taxonomy

Flynn's taxonomy is a classification of computer architectures, proposed by Michael J. Flynn in 1966[1] and extended in 1972.[2] The classification system has stuck, and it has been used as a tool in the design of modern processors and their functionalities. Since the rise of multiprocessing central processing units (CPUs), a multiprogramming context has evolved as an extension of the classification system. Vector processing, covered by Duncan's taxonomy,[3] is missing from Flynn's work because the Cray-1 was released in 1977: Flynn's second paper was published in 1972.

  1. ^ Flynn, Michael J. (December 1966). "Very high-speed computing systems". Proceedings of the IEEE. 54 (12): 1901–1909. doi:10.1109/PROC.1966.5273.
  2. ^ Flynn, Michael J. (September 1972). "Some Computer Organizations and Their Effectiveness" (PDF). IEEE Transactions on Computers. C-21 (9): 948–960. doi:10.1109/TC.1972.5009071. S2CID 18573685.
  3. ^ Duncan, Ralph (February 1990). "A Survey of Parallel Computer Architectures" (PDF). Computer. 23 (2): 5–16. doi:10.1109/2.44900. S2CID 15036692. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-18.