• DocumentCode
    3775673
  • Title

    Multi-core and beyond: Evolving the x86 architecture

  • Author

    Phil Hester

  • Author_Institution
    AMD, United States
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    39
  • Abstract
    This article consists of a collection of slides from the author´s conference presentation on the evolution of x86 architectures. Some of the specific topics discussed include: the accelerated processing imperative; shift to software/hardware parallelism; the role of the GPU as floating point accelerator; Peta-scale processing for the masses; the market for GPUs; and the emergence of accelerated processing units (APUs).
  • Keywords
    "Multicore processing","Solid modeling","Computer architecture","Parallel processing","Graphics processing units","Three-dimensional displays"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Hot Chips 19 Symposium (HCS), 2007 IEEE
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HOTCHIPS.2007.7482509
  • Filename
    7482509