CHAPTER 6. THE MARS PROJECTS

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315 CHAPTER 6. THE MARS PROJECTS 6.1 Introduction In this chapter we study the MARS computers and the organizations involved in their development. The MARS (Modular, Asynchronous, Extendable Systems) multiprocessor computers were part of the Soviet Union's START program, created in part as the Soviet answer to the Japanese Fifth Generation efforts. Centered in Novosibirsk, the work rep- resents a very high-profile project carried out within the USSR Academy of Sciences (AN SSSR).

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