Abstract
Multicore processors are now prevalent in all major domains of signal processing. Many laptop and desktop computers today are shipped with dualcore and even quad-core processors. The number of cores is even higher for the Sony PlayStation 3, which is equipped with an 8-core IBM CELL Broadband Engine processor, Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2, which has 256 stream processors, and SUN UltraSPARC T1/T2 processor, which has 8 cores. Technology predictions indicate that this trend will continue and that the number of cores per processor can easily double around every two or three years.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 24-25 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | IEEE Signal Processing Magazine |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Computer architecture
- High performance computing
- Multicore processing
- Software
- Special issue and sections
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Signal Processing
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Applied Mathematics