Title :
Massively parallel processing: It´s Déjà Vu all over again
Author :
Levitan, Steven P. ; Chiarulli, Donald M.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we will identify those aspects of the concurrent computing landscape that have changed since the 1980´s and how those changes might impact the efficacy of parallel computing as we move from single to multi to many and to massive numbers of processing cores.
Keywords :
microcomputers; parallel architectures; parallel programming; massively parallel processing; parallel computing; processing cores; Application software; Concurrent computing; Hardware; Multicore processing; Parallel architectures; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Performance gain; Supercomputers; Very large scale integration; Massively Parallel Processing; Multicore; Parallel Architectures and Algorithms;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 2009. DAC '09. 46th ACM/IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-6055-8497-3
