Parallel course

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Bericht 23-10-'09, 14:59

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Parallel course

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/parallel-course.html


As chip makers turn to multiple 'cores' to improve performance, MIT researchers help ease programmers' transition to parallel programming.


In 1995, a good computer chip had a clock speed of about 100 megahertz. Seven years later, in 2002, a good computer chip had a clock speed of about three gigahertz — a 30-fold increase. And now, seven years later, a good computer chip has a clock speed of ... still about three gigahertz
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