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The Connection Machine introduces a new type of parallel computer which may lead to radically new ways of thinking about computing, particularly in Artificial Intelligence. The author, Daniel Hillis, is the designer of the machine and the founder of Thinking Machines Corporation, a company committed to building "Connection Machines." Hillis' book describes the Connection Machine and the issues surrounding its design. The Connection Machine is like an active memory made up of thousands, potentially millions, of small, simple, processors working simultaneously, each with its own tiny memory. This memory is controlled by a conventional, sequential, host computer.