Parallel processing technology is a key to
today's supercomputer architecture. In a test run, an Intel computer using 9,200 Pentium
Pro microprocessors running in parallel clocked a new record by performing 1.34 trillion
operations per second. You can read more about this engineering feat by connecting to www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/
CN0611B.HTM.
Spend a few minutes with Tony Wesley
at tonywesley.com/pipetop.html (formerly www.acs.oakland.edu/~awesley/pipetop.htm) for an easy-to-understand tutorial on pipelining.
To get an idea of how parallel architecture is applied in the real world, visit the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Web site on parallel computing at www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/parcomp.
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