Parallel Programming in MATLAB

  • Authors:
  • Piotr Luszczek

  • Affiliations:
  • UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE, TN, USA

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

A visit to the neighborhood PC retail store provides ample proof that we are in the multi-core era. The key differentiator among manufacturers today is the number of cores that they pack onto a single chip. The clock frequency of commodity processors has reached its limit, however, and is likely to stay below 4 GHz for years to come. As a result, adding cores is not synonymous with increasing computational power. To take full advantage of the performance enhancements offered by the new multi-core hardware, a corresponding shift must take place in the software infrastructure â聙聰 a shift to parallel computing.