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7 unusual facts about Parallel computing


Caltech Cosmic Cube

The Caltech Cosmic Cube was a parallel computer, developed by Charles Seitz and Geoffrey C Fox from 1981 onward.

Cost efficiency

Cost efficiency (or cost optimality), in the context of parallel computer algorithms, refers to a measure of how effectively parallel computing can be used to solve a particular problem.

CUDA Pinned memory

In the framework of accelerating computational codes by Parallel Computing on Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), the data to be processed must be transferred from the Central Processing Unit (CPU) to the GPU and the results of the processing from the GPU to the CPU.

EuLisp

A dialect of EuLisp was developed, called Plural EuLisp; it was EuLisp with parallel programming extensions.

Scalable Link Interface

SLI is an application of parallel processing for computer graphics, meant to increase the processing power available for graphics.

SPMD

In computing, SPMD (single program, multiple data) is a technique employed to achieve parallelism; it is a subcategory of MIMD.

Teramac

The Teramac was an experimental massively parallel computer designed by HP in the 1990s.


Array DBMS

Query optimization and parallelization are important for achieving scalability; actually, many array operators lend themselves well towards parallel evaluation, by processing each tile on separate nodes or cores.

Handel-C

In order to facilitate a way to describe parallel behaviour some of the CSP keywords are used, along with the general file structure of Occam.


see also

Amdahl

Gene Amdahl, formulator of Amdahl's law of parallel computing and founder of Amdahl Corporation