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unusual facts about parallel processing


Parallel processing

This becomes most important in vision, as the brain divides what it sees into four components: color, motion, shape, and depth.


MPQC

Three features distinguish it from other quantum chemistry programs such as Gaussian and GAMESS: it is open source, has an object-oriented design, and is created from the beginning as a parallel processing program.

PeakStream

PeakStream was a parallel processing software company located in Redwood Shores, California founded by Matthew Papakipos and Asher Waldfogel in April 2005 and backed by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.

Scalable Link Interface

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


see also

GridMathematica

gridMathematica is a software product sold by Wolfram Research which extends the parallel processing capabilities of its main product Mathematica.