<architecture> A computer built using Very Large Scale
Integration (VLSI) integrated circuits, especially a
microcomputer based on a microprocesseor, or a parallel
processor containing two to thousands of CPUs.
VLSI made it routine to fabricate an entire CPU, main memory,
or similar device with a single integrated circuit that can be
mass produced at very low cost. This has resulted in new
classes of machines such as personal computers, and high
performance parallel processors that contains thousands of
CPUs.
(1996-11-22)
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