Panel on future directions in parallel computer architecture

Parallel accelerators such as massively-cored graphical processing units or many-cored co-processors such as the Xeon Phi are becoming widespread and affordable on many systems including blade servers and even desktops. The use of a single such ...

In the past, graphics processors were special purpose hardwired application accelerators, suitable only for conventional rasterization-style graphics applications. Modern GPUs are now fully programmable, massively parallel floating point processors. ...

Intel Corporation developed several new and enhanced technologies bolstering its leadership in high-performance computing.These new products include the future generation Intel Xeon Phi processor, code-named Knights Hill, and new high-speedinterconnect ...