Data-flow architecture: A decentralized structure based on the flow of data will permit future computers to operate at even higher speeds

The development of a new generation of faster, more intelligent computers " the goal of major projects in the United States, Japan, and Europe " requires not Only the perfection of faster devices but also new ways of linking chips. In the view of many computer scientists, the key to obtaining much higher speeds is the abandonment of the conventional Von Neumann architecture and the adoption of new designs, in which calculations are performed in parallel rather than in a fixed sequence.