Multiprocessors

Chip Multiprocessing (CMP) Resources
Large link page: press releases, academic papers, presentations on dual-core and multicore processors. By James Donald, Electrical Engineering Department, Princeton University.
http://www.princeton.edu/~jdonald/research/cmp/

MIT Alewife Project
Large-scale multiprocessor, integrates cache-coherent, distributed shared memory, and user-level message-passing, in one integrated hardware framework; papers, people, pictures, posters.
http://www.cag.lcs.mit.edu/alewife/

Multiprocessing
Growing entry, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprocessing

NUMAchine
Shared memory multiprocessor architecture, and software for easy and efficient use: Tornado operating system, Jasmine compiler. Descriptions, documents, papers, pictures.
http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/parallel/parallel/NUMA.Welcome.html

PiSMA: A Parallel VSM Architecture
Parallel vIrtually Shared Memory Architecture; merges benefits of shared and distributed memory models, secures confidential communication via authentication. [ACM Crossroads]
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds5-3/pisma.html

Rapport, Inc.
Makes high performance, lower power parallel processor chips, uses PowerPC core with 256 subcores, to produce Kilocore chip with over 1,000 cores.
http://www.rapportincorporated.com/

Beyond the Teraflops: Why Intel Really Put 80 Cores on a Single Chip
Network is main motive; based on interview with Thom Sawicki, technology strategist, Intel Communications Technology Lab, on the Terascale computing research initiative. Ars Technica. <small>(April 2, 2007)</small>
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/terascale.ars

Intel Pieces Together 80-core Processor
Researchers craft early model, as part of Intel tera-scale computing project to build fast parallel processor. PC Authority. <small>(February 13, 2007)</small>
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/news.aspx?CIaNID=45804

The Era of Tera: Intel Reveals More about 80-core CPU
Last year Intel talked of 80-core Teraflop CPU. Today we get many more details on architecture and role in future of multicore CPUs. AnandTech. <small>(February 11, 2007)</small>
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2925

1,000 Cores on a Chip
Brief article on Rapport's Kilocore chip, which may be used for video processing. Technology Review. <small>(July 11, 2006)</small>
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17076&ch=infotech

Time to Accept Parallel but Not without a Fight
Physical law is forcing the semiconductor industry to accept something it knew all along but refused to acknowledge: the most effective way to provide high-performance is to use many processors, not just one. [ElectronicsWeekly] <small>(March 10, 2006)</small>
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/ARTICLES/2006/03/10/37867/Time+to+accept+parallel+but+not+without+a+fight.HTM