Multi-core Processing - Advantages and Challenges
Yousef Yaseen · 2009
Today, multicore processors dominate server, desktop and notebook computer's market. It is clear that multicore processors will be with us for the foreseeable future; there seems to be no alternative way to provide substantial increases of microprocessor performance in the coming years. While processors with a few cores are common today, the number of cores is projected to grow as we enter the era of many-core computing. This paper will review this trend towards multicore processing, advantages and challenges that accompany it.