MISD

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Flynn's Taxonomy
  Single
Instruction
Multiple
Instruction
Single
Data
SISD MISD
Multiple
Data
SIMD MIMD

Multiple Instruction Single Data (MISD) is a type of parallel computing architecture where many functional units perform different operations on the same data. Pipeline architectures belong to this type, though a purist might say that the data is different after processing by each stage in the pipeline. Not many instantiations of this architecture exist, as MIMD and SIMD are often more appropriate for common data parallel techniques. Specifically, they allow better scaling and use of computational resources than MISD does.

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