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Microprocessor roadmaps clearly show a trend towards multiple core CPUs. Modern operating systems already make use of these CPU architectures by distributing tasks between processing cores thereby increasing system performance. This review…
Since the very beginning of hardware development, computer processors were invented with ever-increasing clock frequencies and sophisticated in-build optimization strategies. Due to physical limitations, this 'free lunch' of speedup has…
Microprocessors have revolutionized the world we live in and continuous efforts are being made to manufacture not only faster chips but also smarter ones. A number of techniques such as data level parallelism, instruction level parallelism…
Invention of Transistors in 1948 started a new era in technology, called Solid State Electronics. Since then, sustaining development and advancement in electronics and fabrication techniques has caused the devices to shrink in size and…
The evolution of computer architecture has led to a paradigm shift from traditional single-core processors to multi-core and domain-specific architectures that address the increasing demands of modern computational workloads. This paper…
With the advent of era of Big Data and Internet of Things, there has been an exponential increase in the availability of large data sets. These data sets require in-depth analysis that provides intelligence for improvements in methods for…
In the past, efforts were taken to improve the performance of a processor via frequency scaling. However, industry has reached the limits of increasing the frequency and therefore concurrent execution of instructions on multiple cores seems…
Fault tolerance in multi-core architecture has attracted attention of research community for the past 20 years. Rapid improvements in the CMOS technology resulted in exponential growth of transistor density. It resulted in increased…
Nowadays, several industrial applications are being ported to parallel architectures. These applications take advantage of the potential parallelism provided by multiple core processors. Many-core processors, especially the GPUs(Graphics…
Large number of cores and hardware resource sharing are two characteristics on multicore processors, which bring new challenges for the design of operating systems. How to locate and analyze the speedup restrictive factors in operating…
High Performance Computing (HPC) aims at providing reasonably fast computing solutions to scientific and real life problems. The advent of multicore architectures is noticeable in the HPC history, because it has brought the underlying…
As the need for computational power and efficiency rises, parallel systems become increasingly popular among various scientific fields. While multiple core-based architectures have been the center of attention for many years, the rapid…
MPSoCs are gaining popularity because of its potential to solve computationally expensive applications. A multi-core processor combines two or more independent cores (normally a CPU) into a single package composed of a single integrated…
General trends in computer architecture are shifting more towards parallelism. Multicore architectures have proven to be a major step in processor evolution. With the advancement in multicore architecture, researchers are focusing on…
This paper presents an overview of the main trends in processor architecture. It starts with an analysis of the past evolution of processors and the main driving forces behind it, and then it focuses on a description of the main…
Matrix multiplication is a foundational operation in scientific computing and machine learning, yet its computational complexity makes it a significant bottleneck for large-scale applications. The shift to parallel architectures, primarily…
Computing systems have undergone several inflexion points - while Moore's law guided the semiconductor industry to cram more and more transistors and logic into the same volume, the limits of instruction-level parallelism (ILP) and the end…
Sorting is one of the most fundamental problems in the field of computer science. With the rapid development of manycore processors, it shows great importance to design efficient parallel sort algorithm on manycore architecture. This paper…
In the present paper, the models of structural analysis and evaluation of efficiency indicators (reliability, fault tolerance, viability, and flexibility) of a multi core processor with variable structure, equipped with multi functional…
Advancements in multi-core have created interest among many research groups in finding out ways to harness the true power of processor cores. Recent research suggests that on-board component such as cache memory plays a crucial role in…