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by lizknope 1165 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_instruction,_multiple...

An example of MIMD system is Intel Xeon Phi, descended from Larrabee microarchitecture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrabee_(microarchitecture)

Its x86 cores were based on the much simpler P54C Pentium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeon_Phi

That is the core from the generation before the Pentium Pro. Larrabee was supposed to be a GPU, wasn't good enough to compete at that, then they rebranded it as Xeon Phi but cancelled it a few years ago.

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I tried buying those but they wouldn't let me.
Well, FWIW xeon phis are about $40 on ebay now. Theyre obviously not much more than toy's now.