Capable of computing speeds 100 times faster than current desktops, the technology is based on parallel processing on a single chip. Parallel processing is an approach that allows the computer to ...

Few technologies have a more interesting history than parallel computing, in which multiple processors in a single system combine to tackle a problem. A chronicle of events in parallel computing says ...

The end of dramatic exponential growth in single-processor performance marks the end of the dominance of the single microprocessor in computing. The era of sequential computing must give way to a new ...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” opens “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. The passage referred to the French Revolution, but today it could refer to the revolution ...

Microsoft's Technical Computing initiative, announced Monday, will feature investments in parallel computing, technical computing in the cloud, and development of powerful technical computing tools ...

Students will be able to analyze the computing and memory architecture of a super computing node and use OpenMP directives to improve vectorization of their programs. This module focuses on the key ...

Quentin Stout and Christiane Jablonowski from the University of Michigan gave a nice introduction to parallel computing on Sunday. They covered everything from architecture to APIs to the politics of ...

Laying the groundwork for their continued business health, Intel and Microsoft have coughed up US$20 million to fund research into desktop and mobile parallel computing for consumers and businesses.