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A-LevelComputer ScienceHardware9618/31 · May/June 2023 · Q83 Marks

Outline the characteristics of massively parallel computers.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2023). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [3] One mark per mark point (Max 3) MP1 A large number of computer processors / separate computers connected together MP2 simultaneously performing a set of coordinated computations // collaborative processing MP3 network infrastructure MP4 communicate using a message interface / by sending messages.

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Topic
Hardware, A-Level Computer Science (syllabus 9618). Structured question, 3 marks.
Source
A-Level Computer Science, May/June 2023 Paper 3 Variant 1, question 8.

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