1) Array processors are used to process math arrays. This is particularly
helpful when working with three-dimensional objects. Three-dimensional
objects are described in arrays and manipulated with matrix multiplication.
Array processors are designed to expedite these array transformations.
2) Mini and mainframe manufacturers and related third-party companies
manufacture array processors.
3) We don't know of any array processors for the Macintosh.
4) We have been unable to locate prices for these minicomputer and mainframe
products.
The only products that come close are generic accelerators for the
Macintosh. These are not the same type of product as the array processors,
but increasing the speed of computation, in general, appears to be the only
possibility for increasing the array processing desired.