Web Directory

» 1,000 Cores on a Chip
   Brief article on Rapport's Kilocore chip, which may be used for video processing. Technology Review.
   http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17076&ch=infotech

» Beyond the Teraflops: Why Intel Really Put 80 Cores on a Single Chip
   Network is main motive; based on interview with Thom Sawicki, technology strategist, Intel Communications Technology Lab, on the Terascale computing research initiative. Ars Technica.
   http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/terascale.ars

» MIT Alewife Project
   Large-scale multiprocessor, integrates cache-coherent, distributed shared memory, and user-level message-passing, in one integrated hardware framework; papers, people, pictures, posters.
   http://groups.csail.mit.edu/cag/alewife/

» Multiprocessing
   Growing entry, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprocessing

» NUMAchine
   Shared memory multiprocessor architecture, and software for easy and efficient use: Tornado operating system, Jasmine compiler. Descriptions, documents, papers, pictures.
   http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/parallel/parallel/NUMA.Welcome.html

» PiSMA: A Parallel VSM Architecture
   Parallel Virtually Shared Memory Architecture; merges benefits of shared and distributed memory models, secures confidential communication via authentication. [ACM Crossroads]
   http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds5-3/pisma.html

» The Era of Tera: Intel Reveals More about 80-core CPU
   Last year Intel talked of 80-core Teraflop CPU. Today we get many more details on architecture and role in future of multicore CPUs. AnandTech.
   http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2925

» Time to Accept Parallel but Not without a Fight
   Physical law is forcing the semiconductor industry to accept something it knew all along but refused to acknowledge: the most effective way to provide high-performance is to use many processors, not just one. [ElectronicsWeekly]
   http://www.electronicsweekly.com/ARTICLES/2006/03/10/37867/Time+to+accept+parallel+but+not+without+a+fight.HTM