Treffer: Face the Inevitable, Embrace Parallelism.

Title:
Face the Inevitable, Embrace Parallelism.
Source:
Communications of the ACM. Sep2009, Vol. 52 Issue 9, p36-38. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Subject Terms:
*PARALLEL programming, *COMPUTER software development, *COMPUTER input-output equipment, *APPLICATION software, *PROGRAMMING languages, PARALLEL programs (Computer programs), SOFTWARE architecture, MOORE'S law, END users (Information technology), SEQUENTIAL processing (Computer science), ABSTRACT thought, TRANSISTORS, MICROPROCESSORS
Database:
Business Source Premier

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The article gives the author's viewpoint that hardware engineers and software developers should recognize trends toward parallel programming and design their computer applications accordingly. The author discusses software abstraction, Moore's Law concerning transistor power and the acceleration of processing requirements, and the experience of the end user.