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Computer December 2009 CoverDecember 2009

Multicore and Many-Core Architectures

In the past, computing speeds doubled every 18 to 24 months by increasing the clock speed, thus giving software a "free ride" to better performance. This free ride is now over, and such automatic performance improvement is no longer possible. With the advent of multicore chips, parallel computing across multiple cores on a single chip has become a necessity. The articles in this special issue cover the latest advances in next-generation tools and environments for multicore and many-core architectures. More »

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