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Monday, January 14, 2008

"CHIPS: Memory goes multicore"

In the 21st century, instead of depending on continually shrinking design rules, microprocessor makers are harnessing multiple cores for parallel execution. Memory chip architectures, however, have not kept up, according to a cryptographer who claims to have created a memory chip architecture for the 21st century—one that matches multicore microprocessors with parallel, concurrent access to multiple memory chips.
Text: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205604434