3Leaf links 32 AMD chips in one server Nov 4, 2009
The design basically creates a symmetric multiprocessing system using either 10 Gbit/second Ethernet or 20 Gbit/s Infiniband as a virtual backplane. However because those networks have greater latency than the real backplanes used in SMP designs, only applications that can tolerate a non-uniform memory architecture (NUMA) will be able to run unmodified on the hardware. (EETimes)
Tilera announces plan for 100-core processors Oct 27, 2009
Paquette said his team liked the fact Tilera taps existing Linux tools for symmetric multiprocessing systems, treating its many-core processor like a multi-CPU server. The approach lets Top Layer give a single core many jobs or spread a single job across many cores. (EETimes)
Unix at 40: Hanging on despite strong Linux, Windows challenges Sep 30, 2009
He expects that Linux will exploit hardware features such as better internal multitasking and multiprocessing. Plus, Linux runs on less-expensive x86 hardware than Unix and offers more application independence for programs available for x86 systems. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
ARM Flexes Its Muscles, Sizes Up Intel Sep 18, 2009
Both processors will share a special technology to support symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) and come with up to 8MB of Level 2 cache memory. RELATED ARTICLES. (SmallBusinessComputing)
SDSC dashes forward with new flash memory computer system Sep 15, 2009
In its current configuration, Dash has 48 gigabytes (GB) of DRAM memory on each node, and employs vSMP Foundation software from ScaleMP, Inc. that provides virtual symmetric multiprocessing capabilities and aggregates memory across 16 nodes into shared memory "supernodes", giving users access to as much as 768 GB of shared DRAM memory in addition to 1 TB of flash memory per "supernode". "Dash's use of flash memory for fast file-access and swap space as opposed to spinning discs that have much... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
RGB Repackages Video Platform For TV Anywhere Sep 2, 2009
Video Multiprocessing Gateway Will Convert MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 ... The company's Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG), formerly known as the , combines transcoding, transrating, grooming, digital ad insertion, ingest and aggregation features. (Multichannel News)
Freescale debuts apps for multicore chips Jun 16, 2009
The software support a variety of symmetric and asymmetric multiprocessing models used in Freescale's QorIQ and PowerQuicc chips. OEMs could use the new modules to provide as much as 80 percent of the application-layer software needed for some of their systems designs, Iyengar said. (EETimes)
Intel Buys Wind River to Push Linux Jun 6, 2009
"Intel is working on chips that enable symmetric multiprocessing, I wonder if there is a connection there," McCarron said. "Given that Larrabee is running its own internal OS, there may be a tie-in related to the OS.". (Yahoo News -- Technology)
AMD rolls six-core server CPUs Jun 2, 2009
The new AMD processors come in versions supporting two, four and eight chips in a multiprocessing system. The Xeon 5500 is only available for two-socket systems now, with four-socket versions coming. (EETimes)
JAXA Supercomputer from Fujitsu Begins Operations Apr 2, 2009
This is augmented by a number of subsystems, including vector calculation units and scalar symmetric multiprocessing units for numerical simulations that use vast amounts of memory. These allow the system to be used for a variety of purposes while offering an efficient, highly optimized computing environment. (JCN Network, Japan)
Multicore CPUs face slow road in comms Mar 21, 2009
Operating systems for symmetric multiprocessing architectures do not scale well beyond four cores. Asymmetric architectures require sophisticated load balancing, and hardware accelerators require complex mixtures of diverse APIs. (EETimes)
Using virtualization to reinvent high-performance ... Feb 27, 2009
overlaid with software abstractions like PVM and MPI. Single-chip multi-core implementations and tightly coupled multiprocessing communicate over local bus and high-speed shared-memory interfaces for both SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) and "massively parallel" architectures that distribute loads with and other paradigms. Even less specialized commodity-based "supercomputers" build on clustered white box PCs and open source software like , and. (Search Enterprise Linux)
Analysis: Nokia/Qualcomm and the 'new' wireless landscape Feb 20, 2009
The pact refers to a chip from ST-Ericsson that uses its Nomadik applications processor and integrates the latest in symmetrical multiprocessing courtesy of the dual-core capable Cortex-A9 processor from ARM Holdings plc. But the most intriguing part of this lovefest is the partnership between Nokia and Qualcomm themselves. (EETimes)
TI unveils multi-core OMAP 4 Feb 18, 2009
Page 1 of 2 (02/16/2009 12:01 PM EST). BARCELONA, Spain Texas Instruments has expanded its popular OMAP mobile applications platform and processors, with the fourth generation set to be the first devices that use ARM's Cortex-A9 MPCores. (EETimes)
ST-Ericsson set to show multiprocessing Cortex-A9 running Symbian OS Feb 17, 2009
(02/16/2009 4:47 AM EST). LONDON ST-Ericsson plans to demonstrate a symmetric multi processing mobile platform running the Symbian operating system at the Mobile World Congress. (EETimes)
ST-Ericsson Collaborates With ARM to Demonstrate the World's First Symmetric Multi Processing Mobile Platform Technology on Symbian OS Feb 16, 2009
For example, a device running multiple applications simultaneously can spread applications across different processors, while individual computer-intensive applications can also exploit multiprocessing by means of software multi-threading, a well-known technique used for PC's and high-performance computing. "In anticipation of the growing demand for faster, feature-rich phones, ST-Ericsson has provided a highly optimized platform that can fully exploit the benefits offered by multi processing,"... (PR Newswire)
VMware Fusion 2.0.1 Feb 7, 2009
Parallels now supports SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) and 64-bit operating systems. Fusion sports a completely redesigned, Cocoa-native interface and preference pane that makes it a more natural fit in the Mac environment. (InfoWorld)
