An empirical study of bi-level parallel computing on a PC
Yu‐Fai Fung, W.L. Cheung, Gujit Singh, M. Fi̇kret Ercan · PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) · 2003
Modern microprocessors that are being utilized in commodity personal computers have build-in parallel computing feature. In general, these microprocessors support Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) parallel computing mechanism. Recently, dual-CPU systems are becoming very common and therefore, it is possible to combine the SIMD mechanism and the computing power that comes with two microprocessors to form a cost-effective parallel computing system. In this paper, we describe the methodology of combining two types of parallel processing mechanism and study the performance of such a system empirically.