Multicore diversity: A software developer's nightmare

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-101

  Penry, David A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicore; Multicore diversity; Packaging; Parallel adaptation; Runtime parallel optimization

Indexed keywords

MULTI CORE; MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR; OPERATING SYSTEMS; PARALLEL OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROGRAM; PROCESSOR CORES; PROGRAM RUNTIME; RUNTIME PARALLEL OPTIMIZATION; RUNTIME SYSTEMS; RUNTIMES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77952249611     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1531793.1531810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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