电子科技女学 Software Architecture Design Pattern University Eectronic Scienceand ecol Parallel computing:using multiple processors in parallel to solve problems more quickly than with a single processor 。 Examples of parallel machines: -A cluster computer that contains multiple PCs combined together with a high speed network -A shared memory multiprocessor (SMP*)by connecting multiple processors to a single memory system -A Chip Multi-Processor (CMP)contains multiple processors(called cores)on a single chip Concurrent execution comes from desire for performance; unlike the inherent concurrency in a multi-user distributed system Technically,SMP stands for "Symmetric Multi-Processor" Software Architecture and Design Pattern 3Software Architecture & Design Pattern Software Architecture and Design Pattern 3 • Parallel computing: using multiple processors in parallel to solve problems more quickly than with a single processor • Examples of parallel machines: – A cluster computer that contains multiple PCs combined together with a high speed network – A shared memory multiprocessor (SMP*) by connecting multiple processors to a single memory system – A Chip Multi-Processor (CMP) contains multiple processors (called cores) on a single chip • Concurrent execution comes from desire for performance; unlike the inherent concurrency in a multi-user distributed system * Technically, SMP stands for “Symmetric Multi-Processor