A group of computer scientists have found a way to tame multiprocessor computers, which behave in wildly unpredictable ways even as the systems become widespread in the industry. Computers should not ...
Though the use of multiple processors has grown in recent years, multiprocessor computers are more than 30 years old. Since this time, their capabilities have evolved as much as their implementation.
Playing chess, predicting the weather and simulating nuclear explosions are highly CPU-intensive applications. IBM’s latest Deep Blue chess master, for example, is a 32-node IBM RS/6000 SP ...