Coprocessor Architecture
Symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) on-a-chip is a good description for the Intel® Many Integrated Core (Intel® MIC) architecture and the very first product to use Intel MIC architecture, the Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor. We know the future of computing is parallel; history seems likely to record this as an inevitable step in the miniaturization of computers and expansion of parallel computing. It is nevertheless a giant leap into the future.
Utilizing almost five billion transistors, offering up to sixty-one cores and significant reliability features while offering a familiar programming environment for a highly parallel device, is a notable accomplishment. When launched in November 2012, Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors ...
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