More chip cores can mean slower supercomputing, simulation shows
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 13:07
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens performance for many complex applications, Sandia simulations have found.
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