For Programmers, Multicore Chips Mean Multiple Challenges

  • Authors:
  • David Geer

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Because they are unable to continue to effectively improve microprocessor performance by shrinking transistors and packing more of them onto single-core chips, vendors are building multicore chips that handle various parts of an application in parallel, an alternative approach that presents many challenges.