Abstract: In the era of big data, the changing of the constraints gives the parallel computing opportunities and challenges for developing. This paper reviewed the new progress and changes of the parallel computing; combining with the effects of the hardware environments, computing pattern, application requirements on the parallel computing, the relevant research on batchoriented parallel computing model, streamingoriented parallel computing model, graphoriented parallel computing model and inmemory parallel computing model are summarized; Finally, the future development trends are evaluated.

Key words: big data, computational model, parallel computing, in memory computing