Multiple cores, multiple pipes, multiple threads - do we have more parallelism than we can handle?

摘要

This article consists of a collection of slides from the author's conference presentation. Some of the specific areas/topics discussed include: Types of Parallelism; Processor / System Parallelism; Application / Problem Parallelism; CPU Multi-core Roadmaps; GPU Evolution and Performance Growth; Programming Models; Mapping Application Parallelism onto Processors; and The Problem of Parallelism.