| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 145 pages) : color illustrations, digital, PDF file |
| Series |
Synthesis lectures on computer architecture ; #3 |
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Synthesis lectures in computer architecture (Online) ; #3.
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| Contents |
The case for CMPs -- Improving throughput -- Improving latency automatically -- Improving latency using manual parallel programming -- A multicore world: The future of CMPs |
| Summary |
Chip multiprocessors - also called multi-core microprocessors or CMPs for short - are now the only way to build high-performance microprocessors, for a variety of reasons. Large uniprocessors are no longer scaling in performance, because it is only possible to extract a limited amount of parallelism from a typical instruction stream using conventional superscalar instruction issue techniques. In addition, one cannot simply ratchet up the clock speed on today's processors, or the power dissipation will become prohibitive in all but water-cooled systems. Compounding these problems is the simple fact that with the immense numbers of transistors available on today's microprocessor chips, it is too costly to design and debug ever-larger processors every year or two |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed November 26, 2007) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
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High performance processors.
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Computer architecture.
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Computer architecture
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High performance processors
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Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hammond, Lance Stirling.
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Laudon, James P.
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| ISBN |
1598291238 |
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9781598291230 |
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159829122X |
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9781598291223 |
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9783031017209 |
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303101720X |
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