The Future of Computing Performance Game Over or Next Level?

The end of dramatic exponential growth in single-processor performance marks the end of the dominance of the single microprocessor in computing. The era of sequential computing must give way to a new era in which parallelism is at the forefront. Although important scientific and engineering challeng...

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Main Authors: Guller, Samuel H., Millett, Lynette I., National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Sustaining Growth in Computing Performance
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C National Academies Press 28.03.2012
Edition:1
Subjects:
Electronic digital computers
Evaluation
Forecasting
Multiprocessors
Technological innovations
ISBN:9780309159517, 0309159512
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Table of Contents:
  • FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Abstract -- Summary -- 1 The Need for Continued Performance Growth -- 2 What Is Computer Performance? -- 3 Power Is Now Limiting Growth in Computing Performance -- 4 The End of Programming as We Know It -- 5 Research, Practice, and Education to Meet Tomorrow's Performance Needs -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: A History of Computer Performance -- Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff -- Appendix C: Reprint of Gordon E. Moore's "Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits" -- Appendix D: Reprint of Robert H. Dennard's "Design of Ion-Implanted MOSFET's with Very Small Physical Dimensions"