multicore
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- noun
- /ˈmʌltiˌkɔr/
- Specialized
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procesador multinúcleo
- Internet server apps are architected to scale across a CPU farm far beyond the limits of multicore.
Examples
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Note that our multicore cache doesn't itself guarantee even weak consistency.
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To understand topologies there, to be able to create data movement there, you know, how to look at multicore in general.
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That said, there's great opportunity in the "cheap" capacity that multicore can offer.
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Now this this third item is not often listed as a direct consequence of multicore, but I think it it is, especially in the DSP world.
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Jonathan Edwards, a Research Fellow at MIT, isn't excited about the move to multicore.
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Multicore really isn't a revolution; it's more like a mainstream evolution that the HPC world must assimilate.
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While many challenges remain for future work (such as verified incremental garbage collection and support for multicore machines), our experience so far gives us confidence that Verve's approach will scale to larger systems and more features without requiring excessive human effort and without sacrificing type safety.
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There are also emerging message-passing-based standards for embedded multicores (such as MCAPI23), with designs and tool support that would benefit from lessons learned in the MPI arena.
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The latest laptops now come equipped with powerful multicore processors that enhance performance for gaming and video editing.
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Many modern software applications are designed to take advantage of multicore architecture, allowing them to run multiple processes simultaneously.
Synonyms
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3.4
The central chip in a computer that runs instructions and handles data
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3.7
The main part of a computer that follows instructions to do tasks
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4.2
A small chip inside a computer that acts like its brain
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The main chip in a computer that does most calculations and controls other parts
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Etymology
Multicore comes from multi- 'many' and core 'center', the same root you see in multiple. A multicore chip has several processing centers inside one unit, so it can run more tasks at once and improve performance.