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DESCRIPTION
This course provides an introduction to multicore processors including usage and selection of the devices. Content includes:
- The motives for multicore
- A brief history of multicore processors
- Multicore hardware models: homogeneous, heterogeneous, and beyond
- Multicore software models: AMP, SMP, and virtualization
- Programming principles
- Using multicore tools
- Avoiding the multicore pitfalls
- Example processors, tools, and OSs
- Trends and predictions
PREREQUISITES
None
INTENDED AUDIENCE
The primary audience is engineers who need to use and select multicore processors; especially those who are new to the field, or need to refresh their knowledge.
ESTIMATED TIME
65 min.
AUTHOR
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