The Promise and Challenges of Concurrency
Bryon Moyer, Technology Writer and Editor, EE Journal
Chapter Outline
The opportunities and challenges that arise from multicore technology – or any kind of multiple processor arrangement – are rooted in the concept of concurrency. You can loosely conceive of this as “more than one thing happening at a time”. But when things happen simultaneously, it’s very easy for chaos to ensue. If you create an “assembly line” to make burgers quickly in a fast food joint, with one guy putting the patty on the bun and the next ...
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