Multi-Core
This is just the start of a new page I’m working on to collect all the interesting information I find around about multi-core architectures, multi-core programming, etc.. Also feel free to send me links to information on these topic that you think might be of interest. Stay tuned for updates.
News
- Multicore poses multitude of EDA considerations, June 4th, 2007 (source: EETimes) – how multicore architectures will impact the development of tools to design the next generation chips?
- Intel delves deeper into tera-scale, June 13th, 2007 (source: EDN.com)
- To save power, embedded tries multicore, June 25th, 2007 (source: EETimes)
Hardware companies
- P.A. Semi – power efficient dual-core processors based on the Power Architecture
- picoChip – DSPs with multicore architectures, targeted specifically for next generation mobile infrastructures
- Stream Processors, Inc. – C-programmable high-performance DSPs using stream processing technologies
- Tilera Corp. – “Embedding Multicore”. Tilera is a fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, founded by MIT Professor Anant Agarwal. No info is available on their site regarding the products they are developing. See EETimes article.
Software companies
- Cmpware, Inc. - developing software development kits for multicore multiprocessing
- RapidMind – offers software development platforms to accelerate applications through the use of GPUs (both NVIDIA and ATI) or Cell Broadband Engine
Technical talks, conferences
- Workshop on On- and Off-Chip Interconnection Networks for Multicore Systems – 2006 [main page with links to sessions slides]
- Stanford Computer Systems Colloquium (ee380) [main page]
Documents and links collections
- Chip Multiprocessing Resources – news, academic papers and presentations on CMP (discontinued as of Jan, 2007)
- Simultaneous Multithreading Resources – sister page of the above (discontinued as of Jan, 2007)
