Parallel course: Researchers help ease transition to parallel programming
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 08:42
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1995, a good computer chip had a clock speed of about 100 megahertz. Seven years later, in 2002, a good computer chip had a clock speed of about three gigahertz -- a 30-fold increase. And now, seven years later, a good computer chip has a clock speed of... still about three gigahertz.