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A Prediction Model for Software Performance in Symmetric Multiprocessing Environments

A Prediction Model for Software Performance in Symmetric Multiprocessing Environments

The broad introduction of multi-core processors made Symmetric MultiProcessing (SMP) environments mainstream. The additional cores can significantly increase software performance... Read more

18 June, 2010

Nvidia powers down Kal-El with fifth core

...video encoding.The company calls its quintet structure of cores a 'Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing' (SMP) technology. The fifth core is based on the same ARM... Read more

21 September, 2011 by Jack Clark
HTPCP: GNSS-R Multi-Channel Cross-Correlation Waveforms Post-Processing Solution for GOLD-RTR Instrument

HTPCP: GNSS-R Multi-Channel Cross-Correlation Waveforms Post-Processing Solution for GOLD-RTR Instrument

...Over last years, several embedded solutions for parallel processing are ready available: Symmetric MultiProcessing (SMP), Network-On-Chip (NOC Read more

1 September, 2010

Incoming! Newest Mac OS X beta

Sources say Apple's next prerelease will offer more-traditional Mac OS tweaks, printer support, enhanced multiprocessor power Read more

10 May, 2000 by Daniel Drew Turner

Compaq teams with Corollary for 8-CPU servers

...s latest purchase target Corollary are teaming up to build eight-CPU symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) servers Read more

14 October, 1997 by Martin Veitch
Batteries are a drain on smartphone performance

Batteries are a drain on smartphone performance

...the industry searching for new ways to meet expectations, a process called symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) is being adopted on mobile platforms. With SMP, multiple identical... Read more

28 May, 2010 by Laurence Bryant

Wind River launches embedded hypervisor

...been optimised for particular hardware platforms, Wind River said. The software supports symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) or asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP). As part of its announcement, the... Read more

18 June, 2009 by Matthew Broersma

Virtual unrealities exposed

...for virtualised servers, support for a host of new features such as symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), where two or more processors are connected to a single... Read more

17 July, 2006 by Matthew Broersma

OpenBSD 3.6 tackles SMP

...version 3.6 on 1 November, which for the first time includes symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support. Theo de Raadt, the founder and lead developer of... Read more

29 October, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

SCO's Linux licence will create backlash

...used. According to SCO, Linux kernel 2.4 includes code that aids symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) scaling. Weiss said that enterprises that are only using Linux... Read more

25 July, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Transmeta loses server deal to Intel

...noted that the Intel chips will allow future Virgo products to offer symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) capabilities. Crusoe does not have multiprocessing capabilities, and Transmeta says... Read more

2 August, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Unix forum cheers Linux

...32-bit UnixWare and AIX 4.3.2 application compatibility, eight-way symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) on IA-64 support, 64-bit memory addressing and some... Read more

23 August, 1999 by Jason Perlow
The SAS Scalable Performance Data Server - Controlling the Beast!

The SAS Scalable Performance Data Server - Controlling the Beast!

...multi-threaded server, answers that challenge by using the capabilities of a Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) platform to provide scalable and high-performance data storage and... Read more

9 March, 2009
Optimizing the Performance of IBM System x and BladeCenter Servers Using Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors

Optimizing the Performance of IBM System x and BladeCenter Servers Using Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors

...With the Xeon 5500 series processors, Intel has diverged from its traditional Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) architecture to a Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture. In... Read more

1 March, 2009
Music-Analysis Firm Affords Twice as Much Hardware Through Sun Startup Essentials

Music-Analysis Firm Affords Twice as Much Hardware Through Sun Startup Essentials

...Startup Essential program, MusicMetric purchased a mix of Chip-Multithreading (CMT) and Symmetric-Multiprocessing (SMP) processors to meet varied application demands. Sun's MySQL database... Read more

1 January, 2009

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