| Flynn's taxonomy |
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Incomputing,single instruction stream, single data stream (SISD) is acomputer architecture in which a single uni-coreprocessor executes a single instruction stream, to operate on data stored in a single memory. This corresponds to thevon Neumann architecture.
SISD is one of the four main classifications as defined inFlynn's taxonomy. In this system, classifications are based upon the number ofconcurrent instructions and data streams present in the computer architecture. According toMichael J. Flynn, SISD can have concurrent processing characteristics.Pipelined processors andsuperscalar processors are common examples found in most modern SISD computers.[2][3]
Instructions are sent to the control unit from the memory module and are decoded and sent to the processing unit which processes on the data retrieved from memory module and sends back to it.
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